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There is a spur off Holmesley Lane in Woodlesford that just stops at the dual carriageway. As a kid it made me wonder why but someone then told me that it was quite obviously a road that was severed by the Leeds / Pontefract Road and used to continue on into Park Lane. Similarly the other fork of Holmesley Lane would have carried on to Haigh Road.I'm sure there are some better examples though. There is a road near Tghe Garden Gate in Hunslet which just ends, I imagine again o do with the building of the main road.

I find it quite funny when the roads end at those old Victorian walls where there used to be a big old entrance.

I always get lost trying to get to the Irish Centre at East End Park as half of the roads are blocked off presumably to deter joyriders or maybe it's just a conspiract to make me get lost on the way to wedding or christening do's.Or off Dewsburt road in Beeston, there are bollards everywhere.

Well, it idn't for a while - that was when it was closed for strengtheing the bridge crossing Wyks Beac, The YEP carried the storey saying -'In 1997 a weight restriction of 7.5 tonnes had to be put in place. Full traffic carrying capacity will be restored after completion.'The road is open again so presumabley the work is finished - so, I wonder why there are more signs than ever before around it saying 'Weak Bridge limit 7.5 tonnes (except busses)' ......Someone is missing something here.

chameleon wrote: Well, it idn't for a while - that was when it was closed for strengtheing the bridge crossing Wyks Beac, The YEP carried the storey saying -'In 1997 a weight restriction of 7.5 tonnes had to be put in place. Full traffic carrying capacity will be restored after completion.'The road is open again so presumabley the work is finished - so, I wonder why there are more signs than ever before around it saying 'Weak Bridge limit 7.5 tonnes (except busses)' ......Someone is missing something here. Is that the bridge at the bottom of South Parkway? Excellent news if it's re-opened already as works weren't meant to be completed until August and it's been a royal pain trying to battle up York Road every night!I think the 7.5 tonne limit might now be designed more to keep HGV's out of the area, rather than protect the bridge. There are lots of similar restrictions in place around East End Park and Swarcliffe, (for example) to prevent them being used as rat runs when the main roads are busy.

raveydavey wrote: chameleon wrote: Well, it idn't for a while - that was when it was closed for strengtheing the bridge crossing Wyks Beac, The YEP carried the storey saying -'In 1997 a weight restriction of 7.5 tonnes had to be put in place. Full traffic carrying capacity will be restored after completion.'The road is open again so presumabley the work is finished - so, I wonder why there are more signs than ever before around it saying 'Weak Bridge limit 7.5 tonnes (except busses)' ......Someone is missing something here. Is that the bridge at the bottom of South Parkway? Excellent news if it's re-opened already as works weren't meant to be completed until August and it's been a royal pain trying to battle up York Road every night!I think the 7.5 tonne limit might now be designed more to keep HGV's out of the area, rather than protect the bridge. There are lots of similar restrictions in place around East End Park and Swarcliffe, (for example) to prevent them being used as rat runs when the main roads are busy. Yes, open early Davey and yes the signs are still WEAK bridge - and not limits to exclude large vehicles.    

Reginal Perrin wrote: There is a spur off Holmesley Lane in Woodlesford that just stops at the dual carriageway. As a kid it made me wonder why but someone then told me that it was quite obviously a road that was severed by the Leeds / Pontefract Road and used to continue on into Park Lane. Similarly the other fork of Holmesley Lane would have carried on to Haigh Road Exactly!There's some other examples around the Rothwell/Methley area that were cut off by the M621. Sanderson Lane, off Pennington Lane (where Royds School is) used to continue straight over & pass 'the front door' of Royds Hall Riding Stables.The stables have now decamped to new premises, further down Castle Gate, just above opposite the old Ministry Of Supplies depot (the VoSA HGV testing station site)Sadly you can't even walk along the stretch of the old railway trackbed there, as it's been fenced off (presumably by the owners of the small-holding/tree-fellers/vegetable sellers?)We used to walk along the fields behind there a lot, as we lived in Lee Moor for a number of years2. Fleet Lane (Woodlesford) is apparantly (or was until the reclassification of the rights of way network) a legal road all the way up its junction with Methley Lane near the level crossing at Station Road3. Hungate (off Newmarket Lane)There's no trace on the ground, as far as I know, but the tree-line on the west side of the M62 certainly suggests that it continued on that alignment & the 'new' route along the bottom of the east embankment was in lieu of the old one4. Castle Head Lane (continuation of Westgate Lane, off A61 Leeds Road)This was bisecte by the M62, & the abandoned end lays semi- filled in/mud-encrusted/overgrown at the bottom of Lingwell Gate Lane, just past 'The Nook' pub (formerly 'White Hart'???)I realise that 3 & 4 may possibly have WF postcodes, but surely they're near enough to the Leeds border to be of interest in this thread?    

RichT wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: There is a spur off Holmesley Lane in Woodlesford that just stops at the dual carriageway. As a kid it made me wonder why but someone then told me that it was quite obviously a road that was severed by the Leeds / Pontefract Road and used to continue on into Park Lane. Similarly the other fork of Holmesley Lane would have carried on to Haigh Road Exactly!There's some other examples around the Rothwell/Methley area that were cut off by the M621. Sanderson Lane, off Pennington Lane (where Royds School is) used to continue straight over & pass 'the front door' of Royds Hall Riding Stables.The stables have now decamped to new premises, further down Castle Gate, just above opposite the old Ministry Of Supplies depot (the VoSA HGV testing station site)Sadly you can't even walk along the stretch of the old railway trackbed there, as it's been fenced off (presumably by the owners of the small-holding/tree-fellers/vegetable sellers?)We used to walk along the fields behind there a lot, as we lived in Lee Moor for a number of years2. Fleet Lane (Woodlesford) is apparantly (or was until the reclassification of the rights of way network) a legal road all the way up its junction with Methley Lane near the level crossing at Station Road3. Hungate (off Newmarket Lane)There's no trace on the ground, as far as I know, but the tree-line on the west side of the M62 certainly suggests that it continued on that alignment & the 'new' route along the bottom of the east embankment was in lieu of the old one4. Castle Head Lane (continuation of Westgate Lane, off A61 Leeds Road)This was bisecte by the M62, & the abandoned end lays semi- filled in/mud-encrusted/overgrown at the bottom of Lingwell Gate Lane, just past 'The Nook' pub (formerly 'White Hart'???)I realise that 3 & 4 may possibly have WF postcodes, but surely they're near enough to the Leeds border to be of interest in this thread?     Nice one. You can still walk the full length of Fleet Lane althought the underpass under the railway line is not too pleasant. I'd liek to know more about the village of Fleet of which there appears to be no remains at all.

Thorpe Lane and Station Lane up at Tingley Roundabout, Station Lane led to Tingley station and all of the entrance to Thorpe Lane disappeared during construction of the M62, both can be clearly seen on Google earth. You can also include the old Dewsbury Road at Tingley where the New White Bear is now, this lead to the original Tingley roundabout as seen in the pic below    

Tingley Roundabout 1960 - Thorpe Lane and station Lane botton right of pic, also seen is the Old White Bear, demolished for construction of the M62. New White Bear top left of pic with the original entrance to Dewsbury Road.