A14 passes over Fornham Road
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A14 passes over Fornham Road
Image: © John Goldsmith Taken: 6 Sep 2009
This very wide bridge carries the A14 dual carriageway over Fornham Road. The banking required by the curve on top is clearly visible in the construction, but having driven it I would say there is not really enough banking to remove cornering loads for the usual 70mph traffic. This part was started before I moved to Bury but I guess several Victorian terraced houses had to go to make space for the new road - you can see some to the south of the bridge. The span was evidently made wide enough to allow Fornham Road to also be widened, even though this would require taking the front gardens of dozens of houses.
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Image Location
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52.255654
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0.713129