Talk:A59 road

Article Style
This article is a bit too wordy for me, which is why I've added the template. See A1 and A66 for good examples of how a roads article should be laid out, and not simply a narrative of all its waypoints, which is not useful for an encyclopedia. See wp:mos. — superbfc  [  talk  |  cont  ] — 21:41, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Disputed section
The section indicates that it is in Yorkshire this may be so from Skipton onwards but the part prior to this is in Lancashire. Also the section quotes the West Riding of Yorkshire which is no longer in existance since the 1974 local government reorganisation.

Keith D 14:44, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, that's not true. Lancashire and Yorkshire have never been abolished. In 1974, the government created new administrative areas which change all the time. Gisburn is part of administrative Lancashire, but it is also part of the historic county of Yorkshire, hence the 'welcome to Yorkshire' sign on the road to Gisburn, which was unveiled in 2004! If we're talking about administrative areas, why don't we just say that the road runs through the Region of the North-West, the administrative counties of Sefton, City of Liverpool, etc, the Ceremonial Counties of Merseyside, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, the historic counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, or now, and likely in the future, we should say that it runs through the Liverpool City Region into the Central Lancashire City Region and into the Leeds City Region. Take your pick! Isn't it better to stick with the names that don't change every 5 years or so? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Imaginativename (talk • contribs)

Lancashire?
Liverpool is not in Lancashire. The A59 enters Lancashire north of Robbins Island (SD 384 040). Prior to this it is in Sefton and Liverpool City. ...


 * Actually Liverpool has been in Lancashire since Liverpool was built on Lancashire soil. The historic county of Lancashire has never been abolished despite local government reforms - it remains the same as it has done for the last 900 years. I think you are getting confused with administrative counties - administrative Lancashire is the area administered by the County Council of that name, which is indeed a much smaller area than the historic county. Ordnance Survey only show administrative areas, which is why you will be hard pressed to even find Merseyside on a map! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Imaginativename (talk • contribs)

... Ordnance Survey also shows A59 starting at the end of the M53, in Wallasey (SJ 300 912) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.179.134.94 (talk • contribs)
 * I think this article was written by someone who was working to pre-1974 descriptors of counties, hence the comment above about West Riding of Yorkshire. — MapsMan  [  talk  |  cont  ] — 08:32, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * this article wasn't written by someone using pre-1974 descriptors of counties. They just weren't using administrative or ceremonial counties. Sefton and Liverpool City aren't counties either (in Tyne and Wear, Berkshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Midlands, South Yorks and West Yorks admin/ceremonal counties, the single tier top level administrative areas aren't counties, even if they function as them, and similar things elsewhere in the country are admin counties (but not ceremonial, except Bristol and Herefordshire). Basically the counties that existed before local government was changed in 1888, 1964, 1974, 1986, 1997, etc still do because the whole thing is a mess. The A59 can be said to go through the following counties (treating the Mersey tunnel as not the A59) - Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding, North Riding and York) or Merseyside, Lancashire and North Yorkshire or Merseyside, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and The City of York, depending on which county system you use! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.83.167 (talk • contribs)
 * This is a very old debate on Wikipedia, however, it is Wikipedia policy (based on consensus and reference material) that we use the current, "administrative" county system when describing places on Wikipedia. There is an overwhelming consensus within the editting community to apply this policy, and not take the minority view (rightfully or wrongfully) that the historic or former administrative counties still exist as the primary geographic frame of reference. Breach of this will likely see IP addresses and accounts blocked indefinately and/or articles protected by an administrator. Jza84 00:49, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

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Overhaul
I have tackled a cleanup of this article over the last week, moving much of the history into a new section and finding some new material. I have moved the junction list to a new section but it still looks excessive and messy so I am not too sure how to arrange that.

As someone who has road article experience, can you offer any suggestions how this junction section can be handled? Not sure every road/junction even needs a mention. Also whether there is any advice for alternate sourcing (I have been able to utilise millbank systems and historical maps usefully). Thanks. Bungle (talk • contribs) 19:12, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The most important thing is to write for the opponent - if you want to go nuts on opening dates, mileage and history of the tarmac, click here and go to town, but over here we're writing for the layman reader. And in that regard, I think junction lists with just numbers are meaningless, beyond basic motorways and a few well-known routes. People remember names better than numbers, which is why your phone has an address book, why the internet would never have worked without the Domain Name System, and why A406 road and A205 road redirect to North Circular Road and South Circular Road, London respectively.
 * For the A303, I did something different, and put in trunk / primary roads (including where they went), but also rivers, railways and Stonehenge (how can you not mention the most famous thing on the road?) The article is now a GA and I've had no complaints. So an easy thing to do is mix up things a bit, and maybe include things like the Forest of Bowland, the Settle to Carlisle railway and the Yorkshire Dales. Those are much better reference points to somebody who wouldn't know the A6069 from the A6031.
 * What I would really like to do is basically re-appropriate the railway strip maps such as Template:Marshlink Line RDT that show the route and junctions in a line. These have a long-established history in Britain, going back to John Ogilby's historic strip maps, though to early AA itinerary books in the late 19th / early 20th century, right up to the present day with things like exit list diagrams on CBRD. Why can't we do something like that? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  19:30, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I agree the junction list with numbers is meaningless, though I simply copied this from the infobox as-is until I could figure how best to tackle it. Not sure I could use sabre-roads wiki as a reference though, even though I have tried to determine some info from that prior to then finding a more RS. I like how you laid out the A303 article.. perhaps this article could adopt a similar approach, whilst not mentioning every single junction but rather a focus on the landmarks! Not sure about the strip maps though.. depending on the road (and junction) length, it could get very long and it would perhaps be quite a big job for that to be re-appropriated for highways.. Bungle (talk • contribs) 11:39, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If I ever get round to taking M25 Motorway to GA, I will probably split the junction list (if it's still there) out to List of M25 Motorway junctions. This has already been done with West Coast Main Line diagram. Another point to consider is - does anyone drive the A59 from end to end? If not (and I suspect not), it might make sense to have 2-3 separate tables, one for each portion of the route. Obviously, if you go for landmarks, make sure each one is verifiable to a source. Easy if it's a river or railway that physically crosses the road, for things near it, we'd need a reliable source that has the landmark and road together. Hopefully that's some idea how to progress. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  12:38, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Well i've managed to condense it quite significantly by removing minor roads, but perhaps if it grows again I could add region separator rows. I think it already looks alot better going down the approach you suggested. The majority of references throughout are either maps or parliament answers, though I guess they are probably the most reliable sources you can get, when it comes to roads and changes! Bungle (talk • contribs) 20:37, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

York End
The article describes the A59 as ending at a zebra crossing at the junction of Tadcaster Road and Nunnery Lane. Trouble is, these two roads never meet. The only zebra crossing on Nunnery Lane is at the Bishopthorpe Road end of the street. Tadcaster Road terminates at Knavesmire Road, where (heading into York) it becomes Mount Vale. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:AF17:D101:D98F:FDBD:D713:D8BC (talk) 21:43, 1 September 2023 (UTC)