Macrihanish.
OffshoreSLF and Smudge,
Exactly the same arrangement was in force at Thorney Island in '60. In this case the public road ran straight across both taxiways and the runway, with traffic lights (controlled by ATC) at each end.
It was comical to see bikes and a double-decker bus crossing on "green", with a Varsity waiting patiently on the taxiway, engines smoking at idle, for its turn to cross!
Smudge, lovely pic, what ASR arrangements were there for a flop in the sea after takoff ?
Danny.