Talk:Southward Road

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Same road as "Harad Road"

I promise I'll stop editing Road articles. But this bit I stumbled over is a bit useful.

In Journey to the Crossroads, we get this description: "In the very centre four ways met. Behind them lay the road to the Morannon; before them it ran out again upon its long journey south; to their right the road from old Osgiliath came climbing up, and, crossing, passed out eastward into darkness."

This should mean that we can consider the road from Morannon to Harad as a single road. NotJesper (talk) 20:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

That is interesting. I agree that the Southward Road page could be merged onto the Harad Road page.Dour1234 (talk) 20:40, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

I disagree with merging the Southward Road page with the Harad Road page. The only thing that can be inferred from the sentence that was cited above for certain is that the road from the Morgannon to the crossroads continued to the south after the crossroads. The sentence does not say anything if different sections of the road have different names or not. For example, the Royal Road seems to be one road that runs from Fornost to the north gate in the Rammas Echor of Minas Tirith, but the section from Fornost to the Fords of Isen seems to be referred to as the North Road (later called the Greenway by some people) or North-South-Road and the section from the Fords of Isen to the north gate of the Rammas Echor of Minas Tirith as the Great West Road. The last paragraph on the Southward Road page and the notes explain the problem. I cannot imagine how the text of the Southward Road page and the Harad Road page could be combined in a meaningful way that would not create confusion for readers.