Lara Croft Way, Derby Inner Ring Road and new road layout. Derby streets by car, July 2010
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2010
- YES this new road in Derby is named after the iconic character from videogames, as she was created by a former Derby computer company Core Design.
Driving Route Map :
maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=e...
This is the latest video in my "Derby Streets by car in HD" series, this one is a short car journey that encompasses all of the latest new roads and road changes relating to the Connecting Derby project on Derby Inner Ring Road.
These Roads are either newly opened or one way roads that have become two way.
Lara Croft Way is a newly constructed road where as the parts of Normanton Road and Burton Road were previously one way roads, these are now two way roads.
Lara Croft Way opened in two stages one direction on 11th May 2010 and the other way on 27th July 2010.
Because these are new roads they are not on Google Maps or Google Streetview. However I have generated a detailed map showing the new roads and how they connect to form the new Derby inner ring road. I have also made a 360 degree interactive panoramic photograph near the traffic island at Lara Croft Way (a-la Google Streetview).
Also the driving video I have made here will allow you to see how it all connects together. This video was filmed at 7am on Wednesday 28th July 2010 which is why there is little traffic on the roads, giving a better view than queuing traffic!
The driving Video Route Details.
The drive starts on Burton Road (A5250) heading into Derby. On the right side you can see Mount Street which is where (up until 27/07/2010) you would rejoin the inner ring road in the clockwise direction. As you can see this section of Burton Road is now two way.
On the right we pass The Duke of York Pub.
We now arrive at the new Round-a-bout, this connects the following roads.
Burton Road (two way)
Mercia Way (not yet open), the next section of the inner ring road.
Green Lane (one way)
Babington Lane (one way)
Lara Croft Way (two way)
Normanton Road (two way)
At this round-a-bout I take the 4th exit onto Lara Croft Way, This is a brand new road which forms part of the final link of Derby Inner Ring Road. Lara Croft Way cuts through former streets such as Sacheverel Street and Wilmot Street. Lara Croft Way then connects to the existing round-a-bout on Osmaston Road.
The Osmaston Road round-a-bout connects the following roads:
Lara Croft Way (two way)
Osmaston Road A514 towards the Spot (two way)
Bradshaw Way A601, (two way) Existing inner ring road.
Osmaston Road A514 (two way) towards Allenton.
Charnwood Street (one way) now closed off.
Leopold Street (one way) now closed off.
Lara Croft Way
At the Osmaston Road round-a-bout I take the 4th exit which takes me back up Lara Croft Way in the other direction. At this round-a-bout I take left into Normanton Road. This section of Normanton Road used to be one way, as you can see its now two way. On the left is Leopold Street which is the way you used to go to get onto the inner ring road, Leopold Street was closed off on Tuesday 11th May 2010 when Lara Croft Way opened up in one direction only.
At the Charnwood Street junction you would normally see inner ring road traffic coming from the left but Charnwood Street is now blocked off at the Osmaston Road end.
Here on Normanton Road I turn right into Southgate Retail Park (Lidl) and do a u-turn in the entrance and head back onto Normanton Road towards Derby centre.
Notice here on the left that the slip road leading to Mill Hill Lane has been closed off, instead Normanton Road has become two way. So as of July 27th the Mill Hill Lane/Mount Street/Burton Road/Normanton Road loop part of the Old Inner Ring road is now no longer needed.
You are now allowed to drive Down Normanton Road in the other direction.
At the round-a-bout I turn left onto Burton Road which is now two way. It feels very strange being able to drive down this bit of Burton Road in this direction after all the years of it being one way.
Here we rejoin Burton Road where Mount Street used to join with it.
On the first day of these new roads opening I was stuck in horrendous queues of traffic but I think once the Derby City council have adjusted the traffic light sequences at Lara Croft Way then this new section of the inner ring road will help a lot. I look forward to seeing the remaining section of the inner ring road opening between Lara Croft Way and Ford Street, this will complete Derby Inner Ring Road.
My 360 degree photograph of Lara Croft Way:
derbyphotoscouk.blogspot.com/2...
Music : Ana by hisboyelroy
Licensed under Creative Commons:
ccmixter.org/files/hisboyelroy...
The final part of the inner ring road opened in March 2011 :derbyphotoscouk.blogspot.com/2...
Thanks
Andy
Hi there great video! I was the lead highway technical designer for this scheme (working as part of the Connecting Derby Team) and very proud of the impact this scheme has made, especially for alternatives to the car. Spent years driving through the various virtual reality models, felt odd seeing it driven for real! Well done, there is every chance a video like this will be treasurered in years to come and be a great technical reference for Derby people and engineers in the future!
Thanks for the upload. I lived in Derby my whole life until October 2008 when I moved to Canada. Only been back twice and it's amazing just how much the city has changed in such a short space of time, keep the vids comin' :O)
Blimey! I don't recognise the area at all thats because I don't venture into that area at all. Nice to see Lara Croft finally recognised in her "birthplace" and I lived near where Tomb Raider was created (Ashbourne Road)
@TheChrisrawlings I think its just rerouting of the A6 Alvaston Bypass and roads around Raynesway to make it work better. Drove down there last Friday to get to Albert Looms and its not quite ready yet.
Thanks man, last time I was over they were building a bridge over the "new" Raynesway island, what's that all about
yay i love lara
Cheers
@Je1505 Yes, the name was selected after an online vote
@TheChrisrawlings Cheers, Yes the ciy is really changing a lot in recent years.
Once the final sections of the inner ring road are complete I will redo this video. Final sections should be open in March. Andy
Hi Steve, Check out my other two more recent videos "Driving around Derby's completed inner ring road in HD. March 2011" and my time-lapse one.
Andy
hahaha lara croft way... honestly...?!?!?