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These links are to other websites you may find of interest - other international road sites, discussion groups or road-related articles. If you're looking for websites dedicated to the UK road network, take a look at the list of SABRE Member Sites.
SABRE is officially neutral on issues relating to transport and road safety policy and the inclusion of a website on this page does not imply any endorsement by SABRE.
Note: Sites marked as 'defunct' are no longer available in their original form, but are preserved on archive.org and are listed here as they still contain interesting information. However, not all content may be available in archived form.
UK and Ireland Road Network
- Design Manual for Roads and Bridges - the official guide to building a road... all 15 lever-arch folders' worth!
- Traffic Signs Regs and General Directions 2016 - another official publication, relating to permitted signs
- National Highways - the first stop for any major project in England
- Transport Scotland - the national transport agency for Scotland
- Transport for Wales - the national transport agency for Wales
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland - the national body for Ireland
- N.I. Department for Infrastructure - current Road Improvement Schemes in Northern Ireland
- Insititute of Civil Engineers - a rather technical viewpoint on road construction!
- Roundabouts of Britain - the company that published the "Roundabouts of Redditch" calendar.
- On the road in North-West Scotland - comprehensive GPS-linked pictures across the North West!
- Roads of Warrington - Facebook page about the roads of Warrington
- The UK Motorway Archive (defunct) - an excellent history of British Motorways from their initial concept through to the modern day
- Lancashire Historic Motorways (defunct) - fascinating historical accounts of the county's road-building
- Highway Maintenance (defunct) - everything you ever wanted to know about maintaining roads!
- Motorway Map (defunct) - in the style of Chris M and Tom's efforts to map the motorway network as a Tube map, this is an amusing and interesting page
- Irish Roads - information and trivia about the main routes in the Republic of Ireland, plus a summary of the road network in Northern Ireland
International Roads
- Forum SARA - Le forum des Sites Amoureux des Routes et Autoroutes (and all other forms of transport): the French equivalent of SABRE (in French, of course)
- WikiSara - SARA's equivalent of the SABRE Wiki (with sections also covering Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Quebec)
- Historic California US Highways - a tour of the roads that used to traverse the Golden State
- Kurumi - American site with a roadsign simulator and interchange dictionary
- Roundabout Safety in America - spot the reversed pictures!
- Autobahn Online - a German site with lots of statistics about their network
- Verkehrs-Notizen - German site with interesting picture tours of roads in Austria and the USA
- Which side of the road do they drive on? - fascinating site detailing which side of the road every country drives on. Those who believe the UK is a rare anomaly may be surprised to learn that about a third of the world's population drives on the left.
- Monterie - fantastic website on the world's different road numbering systems
- The Roads of Israel - a website devoted to information about the Israeli road system, classification, and history
- M1's Roads Photos - collection of pictures of modern roads in China
- Motorway Signs - a collection of photos from around the world
- Motorway Exit Lists - currently under construction with lists of motorways in most countries
- Ozroads - The largest Australian website devoted to Australian highways and route numbering
- AARoads Forum - USA roads site, a US equivalent of SABRE
- Wegenforum - "The forum for roads and transport": the Dutch equivalent of SABRE (in Dutch, natuurlijk)
- Wegenwiki - Wegenforum's equivalent of the SABRE Wiki (covering the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and further afield)
Street Furniture
- The Milestone Society - aiming to catalogue the UK's remaining milestones
Miscellaneous Road Links
- Life, the Universe and Everything - the Hitchhiker's Guide to Transport on Earth
- Tri-ang Minic Motorways - a 1960s toy, preserved forever on the Web
- How Motorways Work - what the Highway Code doesn't tell you
- Roadside Advertisements - with pictures mainly from France and Belgium
- Traffic Jam Theory - ever wondered why the jam disappears before you reach the front of it?
- The Degree Confluence Project - off-topic, but nevertheless interesting site for those with GPS receivers and digital cameras!
- Boring Squares - is the OS trying to take over the world? Some would think so...
Mapping and Route-Planning Websites
- Digimap - access is limited members of subscribing higher and further education institutions in the UK, but contains amazingly detailed maps of the UK.
- Digimap for Schools - like the main Digimap site, but limited to teachers and pupils in schools.
- Via Michelin - excellent route-planner, even for the UK.
- Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside - with 1:10000 scale maps of most places in England.
- Maps and Route-Planners - covering the UK and abroad.
- Multimap - excellent source of maps and route-planning advice.
- Get-a-map - mapping from the Ordnance Survey down to 1:25000 scale
- Streetmap - this site has OS maps at 1:50000 scale.
- Google Maps - innovative use of click-and-drag technology from Google
- OpenStreetMap - open source map project that welcomes user contributions
- Windows Live Local - includes detailed aerial photos of most areas of the UK, with map overlays
- New Popular Edition Maps - comprehensive collection of OS one-inch maps from the 1940s covering all of England and Wales
- Charles Close Society - established society for enthusiasts of Ordnance Survey maps - includes some online mapping
- Maps of Scotland - going back several hundred years
- Strange Maps - a fascinating blog looking at unusual and fantastic maps from around the world
SABRE Members' sites (not in the Portal)
- Official SABRE Facebook page
- ADI Forum - a forum for learner drivers and instructors.
- OS Map Dating - Lez Watson's website cataloguing the dates of publication of different OS maps
- Weston-super-Mare Photo Tour - along the A371, by Chris McKenna
- Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group - a collection of preserved buses originally new to West Yorkshire PTE, run by James Fairchild
Other Transport Links
- Light Rail Transit Association - useful website on light rail around the world
- Railway and Canal Historical Society - the SABRE of canals?
- Urban Rail - a very comprehensive site on metro systems around the world
- World Metro Systems - featuring maps of many cities' systems
- Maps of Subways - continuing the theme, maps of cities' systems at the same scale - useful for comparison!
- Always Touch Out - a site dedicated to London's transport projects
- Skyscraper City - a large forum dealing with wider urban issues as well as skyscrapers
- Local Transport Today - reports from a transport magazine available online.
- Petrol Prices - very useful site - particularly given the current high fuel prices - showing the cheapest petrol stations in your local area
- The Unofficial Austin-Rover Web Resource - SABRE is not a "car" site, but this is a truly fascinating site covering the development history of BMC/Leyland/Austin/Rover cars from the Mini to the company's demise in 2005
- Road Supervisors - looking at the problem of road crashes through a technological lens
- Advanced Driving - everything you need to know about advanced driving. Includes an active discussion forum
Miscellaneous Links
- Dull Men's Club - strangely apt for many Sabristi
- PepiPoo - "helping the motorist to get justice": offers advice on how to defend motoring prosecutions
Keep us up to date!
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