M40 motorway - junction 2 bridges
Introduction
The photograph on this page of M40 motorway - junction 2 bridges by Peter Whatley as part of the Geograph project.
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M40 motorway - junction 2 bridges
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 12 Apr 2011
The bridges here are still those originally provided in 1973 for a conventional roundabout junction over a 3-lane (plus "hard shoulder") motorway. When the section between junctions 1a and 3 was widened in 1997/98 a decision was clearly taken to sacrifice the emergency lane at each structure, rather than incur rebuilding costs.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.594346
Longitude
-0.628071