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pyrocam
28th July 2008, 12:51
just had a text to say there is an oil slick on the onewa rd ONramp heading south.

take an alternate route if poss
jrandom
28th July 2008, 12:55
Oh, that'd be a nasty place to fall off. Narrow continuously-curving corridor between concrete barriers.
musicman
28th July 2008, 13:04
I thought the Onewa Road offramp heading south has been closed for a while now? Or did you mean onramp? Or am I getting mixed up? :confused:
pyrocam
28th July 2008, 13:05
no my bad. its mean to be onramp. sorry
merv
28th July 2008, 13:31
Bloody fugginmothertruckers at it again not keeping their liquids under control :angry:
musicman
28th July 2008, 13:50
I'm always very cautious when on that onramp - concrete barriers both sides on a narrow lane, crappy road surface, sometimes gravel & oil. Why couldn't they just keep the original onramp?! :nono:
jrandom
28th July 2008, 13:56
I'm always very cautious when on that onramp - concrete barriers both sides on a narrow lane, crappy road surface, sometimes gravel & oil. Why couldn't they just keep the original onramp?! :nono:

Because that was way worse - on the same ramp, separated by nothing more than cateyes, it had traffic coming off the motorway southbound via a 270-degree left hand corner!

Great fun when trying to get one's knee down on a fine day.

Less fun in the dark and the rain hoping there's no spills on the road and trying not to go head on into a truck that's drifted wide around the bend.

:no:

It'll all be much nicer when the new interchange is complete.
musicman
28th July 2008, 14:27
Because that was way worse - on the same ramp, separated by nothing more than cateyes, it had traffic coming off the motorway southbound via a 270-degree left hand corner!

Great fun when trying to get one's knee down on a fine day.

Less fun in the dark and the rain hoping there's no spills on the road and trying not to go head on into a truck that's drifted wide around the bend.

:no:

It'll all be much nicer when the new interchange is complete.

Apart from the oncoming traffic it wasn't that bad, if I recall it was a larger and a smoother curve than the current one.