Blackwall Tunnel - motorway ?

[doccod]

Hi ,

I've just passed my CBT , I'm getting a 125 which I'll be riding on L plates , I know I'm not allowed on motorways with L plates but what about the Blackwall Tunnel ? Is it classed as a motorway , according the map I looked at it's a A road but someone told me that it's actually a motorway . So can anyone tell me if I'm allowed through it with L plates ?

cheers

[DucatiEVO]

Swear I seen plenty of L-plate riders going through the tunnel on my way to work.
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[carvell]

Fairly certain you're not.

It is an A road, not a motorway, but there are big signs that say "No Learner Drivers, No motorcycles under 50cc", so it has the restrictions of a motorway.
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[strag]

Interesting post, I found This
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[carvell]

That's the sign I was talking about, looks like you can go through if you're a learner then.
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[Toby R]

Yeah it's the same as motorway restrictions but without the learner driver rule it seems.
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[Paivi]

[Pete.]

Yeah it used to be the A102(M) from the "Sun In The Sands" junction into the tunnel years back with full motorway restrictions. Now it's no longer under motorway rules, but some of the signs still have a blue background.

They also more recently changed the designation of the road the other side of the tunnel from A102 to A12.

[THCi]

Since there is no motorway signage present in the pic, usually on both sides of the road, and looking like this:



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[southlondoner]

I'm 99% sure that the blackwall tunnel is part of the A2, therefore can be used by learners...
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[headlamp]

It's an 'A' Road. So no restrictions for learner plates.
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[Pete.]

[carvell]

[strag]

[code guru]

i see them signs very often on the a12.
when i did own a 50cc i use 2 go on the a12 and pass that 50cc sign thing. never got caught. i still c peds go on them. i cant c y u shouldnt be alowed on there. the a12 is a 40-50mph road and a 50cc ped can do 50mph unless its resticted which mine wasnt it had a 70cc kit
but still the Blackwall Tunnel is an A road

[Irezumi]

Blackwall is an A-road, as is Dartford tunnel/Bridge beleive it or not.

[wilbur]

Jesus doing the bridge on a mildly windy day used to to scare the hell out of me on a 500. Be terrifying on a 50.

I also used to begrudge paying to go *into Essex* Sorry Essex people

[popwud]

The blackwall tunnel is a long way from any motorway.
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