What is the definition of a cul de sac?

[silverfoxcc]

Bear with me on this, but when i was young a cul de sac was a 'posh' word for a dead end. but it was a road you could drive into and along but had to leave by the entrance you went in.
Now what would you call a road with vehicular access from both ends is barred?
Serious answers only. IF possible...lol

[NDA]

A runway?

[vikingaero]

silverfoxcc said:

Now what would you call a road with vehicular access from both ends is barred?

Footpath, bridleway?

[Antony Moxey]

silverfoxcc said:

Now what would you call a road with vehicular access from both ends is barred?

A badly worded question?

[chrisch77]

Not a road, clearly.

[595Heaven]

LTN

[rhamnousia5]

A pavement. A pedestrianised zone. A walkway.

[Antony Moxey]

chrisch77 said:

Not a road, clearly.

Dunno. There's a road in Exeter like that. No entry signs at each end, however access is via a road that links halfway along. You can exit either end, but you can only get in from the one access half way along. Still a road I'd say.

[QuartzDad]

Norwegian Blue road?

I can think of a couple of bypasses that have been built where the old road has been blocked off at either end.

[Riley Blue]

silverfoxcc said:

Bear with me on this, but when i was young a cul de sac was a 'posh' word for a dead end. but it was a road you could drive into and along but had to leave by the entrance you went in.
Now what would you call a road with vehicular access from both ends is barred?
Serious answers only. IF possible...lol

If entry can be made via an access/exit point along it, it's still a cul de sac. If there's more than one access/exit point it's no longer a cul de sac. If there's no entry/exit point it's pointless.

[vikingaero]

Isn't a cul de sac a one way entry/exit road but with a turning circle or spur? I visit loads of dead end roads where there is parking both sides and the only way out is Mr Reverse.

[smn159]

Bottom of a bag

[POIDH]

"Isn't a cul de sac...."

.....shaving you balls?

[silverfoxcc]

Here is a map of the new Southern relief road..

Wokingham council think a road that is barred to trffic from both ends quaifies as being a cul de sac


Perhaps i am being a bit of a pedant, but surely to qualify one end must allow access

[Wafu7]

Surely a road with no vehicular access from either end is a penal colony?

[Hungrymc]

silverfoxcc said:

Here is a map of the new Southern relief road..

Wokingham council think a road that is barred to trffic from both ends quaifies as being a cul de sac


Perhaps i am being a bit of a pedant, but surely to qualify one end must allow access

Are they calling it such as there will be a short stretch of road before the restriction of traffic?

[Riley Blue]

silverfoxcc said:

Here is a map of the new Southern relief road..

Wokingham council think a road that is barred to trffic from both ends quaifies as being a cul de sac


Perhaps i am being a bit of a pedant, but surely to qualify one end must allow access

No powered vehicle access I should imagine.

BTW, you can't be a bit of a pedant; either you are a pedant or you're not. You are however pedantic.

[FWIW]

Antony Moxey said:

A badly worded question?

Is that a statement?

[QuartzDad]

silverfoxcc said:

Here is a map of the new Southern relief road..

Wokingham council think a road that is barred to trffic from both ends quaifies as being a cul de sac


Perhaps i am being a bit of a pedant, but surely to qualify one end must allow access

I might be missing something but the map shows one red X which has created two new cul-de-sacs, a short one north of the X and a longer one to the south? There is no blockaded section.

[E63eeeeee...]

I read that as no access from the new road in either direction, creating a cul de sac rather than making that T-junction into a crossroads.