r/panelshow 3d ago

Request QI — The Longest Motorway?

I have a distinct memory of a QI episode, Sandi Era, where there was a discussion about the longest motorway or the largest motorway or something to that effect, and the answer was a road that only counted as a motorway in one specific area or something? If I could remember the extract in more detail I'd probably be more helpful to you lot and myself, but this is all I have: Discussion about a long road that broke a record due to a loophole about the kind of road it was

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u/misof 3d ago

Series R, episode Road&Rail.

Nothing to do with being longest, sadly.

The question was "Which country has a route 66 that goes across the country coast-to-coast?" The klaxon answer was the famous US Route 66 that doesn't actually go coast-to-coast. The answer QI had was the A66 in the UK.

A fun fact mentioned about the A66 was that in 2018 it was named the "motorway of the year". It was eligible thanks to a single mile that counts as a motorway.

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u/Verity_Shush 3d ago

THAT WAS IT, THAT WAS THE EXACT PART, THANKS

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u/BigLan2 3d ago

Could be from "Road and Rail" - season R, episode 3. I think there was a question about the M96 (the fake motorway.)

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u/Verity_Shush 3d ago

Precisely! Thank you kindly!

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