Sheffield's Unbuilt Roads

[Paolo Coopio 10]

Great place for a Petrol Station in my mind :¬)

 

That would truly be a great place for a petrol station. Especially now the road is used far more than previously. Maybe be Esso one from near the Bristol will think of moving seeing as it has lost about 90% of its through traffic?

 

 

Are there any petrol stations on the new IRR at the moment?

[Paolo Coopio 10]

Ah, I know where you mean... it's just an access to the site next to it... "Parkway Heights" hmmm... bad name...

 

I thought it just looked a little "major" to just be access to a site.

 

What is Parkway Heights by the way?

[bladesufc1 10]

I've been looking at (what I think is Haydyn1971's website) http://www.d-zyne.demon.co.uk/srp-index.htm and a few things have left me intruiged about Sheffield's unbuilt roads.

 

New Relief Road Spurr - HERE - On the new relief road just before hitting the Parkway, there is a spurr to the left. Why was this built and are there any future plans for this? Looking at the ariel views, I cannot see any obvious routes it would take.

 

Rother Valley Way - This has intriuged me since I moved to S20. The spurr from the roundabout near Sheffield Caravans entrance HERE was added in the late 90's (I believe). I would assume this was the intention to connect to the end of Rother Valley way at the roundabout at Meadowgate? HERE

 

Anyone know anything?

 

for police & Emergency vehicles to park in until a call is received

[the_rudeboy 12]

Are there any petrol stations on the new IRR at the moment?

No, although there is one on Savile St about 200m from Wicker arches.

[andyrad29 10]

No, although there is one on Savile St about 200m from Wicker arches.

 

not since the floods there isnt, its closed down

[muddycoffee 10]

No, although there is one on Savile St about 200m from Wicker arches.

 

There is one at the bottom of Netherthorpe Road

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=netherthorpe+road,+sheffield&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=17.504399,38.232422&ie=UTF8&ll=53.386541,-1.478992&spn=0.001085,0.002334&t=h&z=19&om=0

[AndrewC 310]

Yes there is discussion about that site on skyscraper city. There are a few people who have been of the opinion that it was reserved land for a rail link between Midland Railway and the Woodhead Line. But I think that the gradient and curve would be too severe for it to have been feasable.

 

I agree, I think its quite clearly an unfeasable option but theres just no telling some people muddy!

[rbrt 10]

hi,

 

seen similar plans.

 

I have a book called sheffield emerging city, printed in 69.

 

shows much of the modernisation planned and theres a chapter

dedicated to mosborough.

 

gems include as suggested the mosborough parkway running

through towards renishaw, dualled all the way with slip roads

and islands at key junctions.

 

the link road over beighton marshs is not planned where it is

but nearer meadowgate, with a junction to rother valley way

as alredy mentioned past beighton suppose in line with the pylons.

and the other way down and across station road below morrisons

to a junction with windmill greenway.

 

so apart from cutting through RVP to aston the other way would be

owlthorpe greenway to moss way then over the fields/woods to the

ridgeway arms and once up at ridgeway throught the valley to

lightwood and norton.

 

I do wonder if some off this was shelved when Shefield failed to

win over bits of derbyshire and sycc concentrated on what it

already covered. (hte bits including killamarsh, eckington and dronfield)

 

another snippet in an old road map (a to z type) is donestk way

branching off sheffield way much higher up the valley, above

occcipation lane nearer moorthrpe way then picking up it course

about the donetsk tram stop. may be the owlthorpe estate plans

put paid to that.

[Tony 10]

The answer is simple.

 

Where a new road is built is is quite right and proper (and avoids having your ass sued) to provide land with the road access that is has always enjoyed.

[muddycoffee 10]

rbrt

 

actually in the 1970s our council was running out of money due to the enormous subsidy of the busses, and also the problems in the economy at the time with the national strikes, 3 day weeks, power cuts etc. I believe that this is why the initial plans for the new developments in Mosborough were scaled back and why you can still see roads that finish up in the middle of nowhere like the workers just walked off the job.