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The
start of the A6119 at the former Moat House (now a housing estate). The
A677 continues into Blackburn as a primary route radial.
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Route conirmation sign for A6119 traffic. Note the 50mph speed limit repeater.
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The central reservation on the western half is rather wide. Also note the unprotected concrete lamp columns.
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An assortment of staggered junction signs for one of the uncontrolled at-grade crossings on the road.
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Approaching the traffic signals with Lammack Road. The road here has a frontage lane with plenty of inter-war housing.
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Street name plate in the central reservation at the Lammack Road traffic lights.
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A 50mph repeater and plenty of driveways adjoining the main carriageway - only the westbound side has a frontage road.
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The speed limit is enforced by Gatsos.
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Approaching the traffic lights at Pleckgate Road (B6233).
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The next section was dualled in 1994 as part of the Brownhill improvement.
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As the speed limit decreases to 30, this sign points to destinations ahead.
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Brownhill
Roundabout is presently a signalised crossroads that only marginally
resembles a roundabout. However, it works far better than it did
originally, as there was too much crossing traffic.
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Passing the rather ugly St. Gabriel's Church, the speed limit raises to 40mph.
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This pelican crossing enables pedestrians to cross the road safely.
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Unusually,
this route confirmation sign is placed in the central reservation,
which dates back to 1929, and was planned to have a tramline running
along it. Blackburn's trams ceased operations in 1949.
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A 40mph repeater as the A6119 passes a built-up section.
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Approaching the Emerald Avenue traffic lights.
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At
the Emerald Avenue traffic light. The signals are mounted on a totem
pole design to provide additional visibility as the junction is in a
dip.
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There are several blind rises over the hills towards the Whalley Old Road traffic lights.
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The Whalley Old Road traffic lights are a staggered junction. The road is given the reference number C620. |
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The second set of the two. |
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The
Phillips Road traffic lights, which service two industrial estates, and
provide a better route to Little Harwood, avoiding the narrow sections
of the C620. |
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Another Gatso enforcing the 50mph speed limit in force. |
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The railway bridge here was widened much later - one of the spans is clearly younger than the other. |
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Get in lane before M65 J6. |
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The roundabout signs, taken during roadworks to improve the towpath along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. |
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An interesting damaged patch here. |
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And
these NSL signs mark the end of the dualled section. The rest of the
A6119 is a normal residential street to the B6130/A679. Apart from the
M65, all other roads leading away from the roundabout have either 50 or
30mph speed limits. So why bother with an NSL roundabout? Originally,
the A678 was also NSL into Rishton, but was cut to 50 in the early
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