Level4→L3 Unlock: M1 JCT 44 /Stourton (A639 Leeds Rd)

Map Editors Community United Kingdom UK Editor Requests
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Reason for request: I was in the area yesterday and it would appear that roadworks are under way at this location - at the time they had linked the two roundabouts together to form one large one.

For example both are currently configured so that you can’t make a complete circuit of either of them - if you wanted to go from Pontefract Rd and then down the A639 dual carriageway towards Leeds again you would have to take the connecting A639 between the roundabouts to the smaller top one to come back down to the larger roundabout again.

I think the single A639 roundabout connecting road needs to be split into two and then the segments between the two on each roundabout removed to form one large, oddly shaped roundabout if possible. I’m not 100% sure how routing would cope with this though.

It sounds temporary based on http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/m1-junction-44-improvement-leeds/ but the detail on there isn’t great.

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Downlocked - best of luck sorting that out!
Ian

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Can you not just restrict the ‘onward turn’ on each roundabout so that Waze will have to route ‘left’ via the link road between the two roundabouts?

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There are two solutions to these kinds of junctions:

  1. restrict the turns on the roundabout so you cannot go all the way around. Waze will then route around both of them. You could also split the connector into 1-way segments, and turn the blocked segment of roundabout into a dirt trail so it appears less obvious on the map. [example]

  2. replace the roundabout with one single, oddly-shaped roundabout.

I’d prefer option 1, personally.