Newcastle Road (A167), Durham
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Newcastle Road (A167), Durham
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 18 Feb 2006
This is where the A167 crosses the east coast main line. After the Selby rail disaster, the authorities, at no doubt enormous expense, put in crash barriers to guard against the highly unlikely event of runaway vehicles crashing down into the very deep cutting below. At first, the barriers were painted plain blue, but then somebody in authority decided to jazz them up a bit, so they are now very colourful indeed.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.77405
Longitude
-1.597352