Yes....The new runway was finished in 1978 and anyone circling Nice for the first time could, still, easily mistake 'U' for a parallel runway.
In our case, it was a dirty, wet and windy night and as we were taxying out from the cargo area, we were offered an expedited departure from an intersection ( can't remember which one now ) rather than wait at the hold of what is now 04L for about 15 minutes due to about six or seven inbounds which had been holding while the storm passed over.
The quick change of plan completely threw us situationally as we were searching on our ground charts for the intersection.
Having said all that, we were in an F27 so probably could have got away with it but fortunately the other guy suddenly brought us back to reality and a lesson learned for the rest of my career.