Can someone tell me the width of a piece of .30 styrene..?? or can someone tell me the correct width of a small town two lane roadway in HO..?? Thanks !!
Four inches. Twenty-six H0 scale feet. Each lane thirteen feet wide. I say this because I use two inches in N scale, so...
That's what I get, too. Should have used 1/87 instead of just doubling. I think 13 feet is good, though. Maybe smaller if in a rural town?
Barry, will there be parallel parking along the roadway? If there is, better take that into consideration too by adding an extra 8 feet along both curbs or shoulders.
Depends on how wide you cut it... sorry - couldn't resist I would say you make it as wide as you want. There's a prototype for everything. It really depends on what looks right to you. Just because it's a "small, rural" town, doesn't mean the road is not wide. Orangeville, ON (my hometown) made its main road - Broadway - live up to its name. Constructed in the mid-1800's the road has to be over 100' wide. They used to hold an annual cattle auction in front of the town hall by putting up fences in the street. It currently holds angle parking, plus two to three lanes (including turning lanes) in each direction. Plus sidewalks on both sides, plus a boulevard with trees down the middle... Andrew
I was/am limited as a spur was going to run alongside a roadway, if the roadyway was too wide it would be too cloose to the right-of-way...Small two lane with a biz sidewalk fits just right...
