Leeds to Bristol
M1 The journey from Leeds to Bristol utilities 75 miles of the M1, Britains first and most legendary motorway.
Date: Miles Traveled:
23.03.13 209
The average daily traffic flow on the whole of the M1 is 88,000 vehicles per day.
The southern section of the M1 from St Albans to Birmingham was opened in 1959.
20 million tonnes of earth, gravel, rock and chalk were excavated to make way for the M1.
The southern section of the M1 was completed in 19 months at a cost of £16.5 million.
13,000 vehicles were estimated to use the M1 on a daily basis in 1959 compared with today’s figure of just over 88,000.
72 miles of the southern section of the road was built in just 19 months. This works out on average at one mile every eight days, costing £16.5 million
The cost of the whole M1 was £50 million (the cost today would approximately be £1.5 billion). In the early days there was no speed limit, no central reservation, no crash barriers and no motorway lighting.
The heaviest traffic flow is between junction 7-10.
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TOP: BOTTOM:
Rugby Glossop
Contours LEFT: Two contour sections from the UK’s national Ordnance Survey data-base.
Rugby to Glossop Date: Miles Traveled:
01.04.13 113
The UK is split up into a grid system, appropriately named the ‘Naitonal Grid System’. This in order to efficiently locate and categorise any and every location nationwide.
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Shipping?
Portsmouth to Edinburgh
The Mary Rose is a famous ship permanently docked in Portsmouth. At 45m long, it would take 15,950 of them end to end in order to reach to Edinburgh.
Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 446
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Signage A selection of road signs found on the route to Great Yarmouth
Leamington to Great Yarmouth Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 171
In the early 60’s a whole new set of signage was introduced to UK roads. A custom typeface was designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert, specifically to increase legibility while driving. Do you know its name?
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Road Data A16:
01.0M
A46:
00.6M
A46:
18.5M
A46:
01.7M
A46:
12.0M
A46:
08.4M
A46:
08.9M
A1:
00.2M
A1:
46.8M
A1:
12.5M
M11:
42.0M
M25:
00.2M
M25:
16.9M
A282:
03.3M
M25:
12.0M
M26:
00.6M
M25:
11.4M
M23:
00.7M
M23:
13.8M
A23:
15.9M
MILL RD:
01.1M
DYKE.RD AV:
02.3M
A2010:
00.4M
A2010:
00.6M
A259:
00.4M
A23:
00.2M
Miles traveled on lengths of certain road starting from the A16 at Grimsby to the A23, Bristol.
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Grimsby to Brighton Date: Miles Traveled:
05.04.13 248
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Stats
Wolverhampton to Plymouth Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 253
Wolverhampton Region........... Area................ Population.. • Density...... Postcode...... Area Code.... Ethnicity.....
OS Grid Reference
West Midlands 69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi) 249,900 3,407/km2 (8,820/sq mi) WV 01902 64.5% White British 17.5% South African 6.9% Black 2.5% Chinese 5.1% Mixed Race SO915985
Plymouth Region........... Area................ Population.. • Density...... Postcode...... Area Code.... Ethnicity..... OS Grid Reference
South West 79.3 km2 (30.61 sq mi) 258,700 3,188/km2 (8,261/sq mi) PL 01752 98.4% White British 1.6% other SX4750051499
Location areas not to scale
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Bristol to Coventry
Car Pool The route from Bristol to Coventry shares a 64.6 mile strip of the M5 with three other journeys in the book. None of which occured on the same date, but can you figure out which other three journeys?
Date: Miles Traveled:
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26.03.13 108
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Rotations 55 miles are traveled by car in order to get from Daventry to Nottingham. We put massive trust in vehicles, often moving at tremendous speeds, exposing our wheels to a lot of stress. But how much?
Daventry to Nottingham Date: Miles Traveled:
28.03.13 55
The average car wheel is about 24 inches (2 ft) in diameter, which allows us to work out the average amount of revolutions each wheel makes on the journey.
Circumference of tire is Pi x D (3.14*2ft) (((3.14*2ft = 6.28 ft From this we can understand that each wheel covers 6.28 ft with every rotation. (((((1 mile = 5280 ft (55*5280 ft = 290,400 ft 290,400/6.28 = 46,242
So an average car tire makes 46,242 revolutions during the journey from Daventry to Nottingham. The average tire lasts 45,000 miles. I’ll let you work the revolutions out for that one...
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a. Herbert St.
b. St. Andrews St.
c. G afton St. (A428)
d. Weedon Rd. (A4500)
Northampton to Exeter Date: Miles Traveled:
13.04.13 212
e. M1 f. M5
g. M42
h. M5
i. A379
j. Topsham Rd. (A3015)
Road Names A breakdown of the roads used to reach Exeter from Northampton. The thinner the line, the longer the road.
k. Western Way (A3015)
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Leeds to York Date: Miles Traveled:
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Travel Stats BY ROAD: If you were in a road vehicle maintaining an average speed of 40mph, it would take you approximately 4.39 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames for an estimated driving distance of 175.68 miles
Average Speed
Overall Estimated Drive time
40 mph 55 mph 70 mph
4 hours 22 min. 3 hours 10 min 2 hours 30 min
As the crow flies, the apx. distance in miles from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames is 144.
Sheffield to Kingston Date: Miles Traveled:
05.04.13 175
BY TRAIN: If you were in a train that averaged 100mph (160.9 kmh) travelling non stop with no connections or changes it would take you around 1.4 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames
BY AIR: If you were in a plane and maintained an average airspeed of 450 mph (724.1 kmh), your travelling time would be approximately 0.8 hours for Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames. (includes 30 mins ascent and descent time)
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Liverpool to Cambridge Date: Miles Traveled:
26.03.13 194
Take the next... These days we take left and right for granted. But little do we take into account how many times we make the decision to take a certain direction on any given journey. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes not so much.
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