Access to the A40 south of Wheatley
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Access to the A40 south of Wheatley by Peter Whatley as part of the Geograph project.
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Access to the A40 south of Wheatley
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 12 Apr 2011
The tightness of this junction at the point of transition between the original M40 Oxford route and the A40 is readily apparent. The junction is technically in trumpet style, but with a hugely restricted land take on its western side to permit access to Wheatley along what was once the A40. The curvature of the western slip roads is similar to that on the M50 at junction 3 (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2044290). Both were devised in the early days of UK motorway construction when standards were considerably lower than today.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.740129
Longitude
-1.10667