Buckle By-Pass
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Buckle By-Pass
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 15 Nov 2009
Carrying the A259 up Hawth Hill. The by-pass was built in 1963 to replace the old route that travelled around the southern end of Hawth Hill next to the sea before rejoining the current route via Claremont Road. A railway bridge with a width restriction along with another that had a weight restriction allied to frequent flooding of the coastal road were factors in building the by-pass.
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Image Location
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50.781812
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0.085952