The road to the east
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The photograph on this page of The road to the east by Michael Dibb as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 24 Jun 2012
The A4 road seen from its junction with Gladstone Road. This was, of course, the main road between Bristol and London before the construction of the M4 motorway. It is difficult to conceive of the volume of traffic that now thunders along the M4 on this quiet road in the centre of a large town.