Redhill NG5, Notts.
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Redhill NG5, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 16 Feb 2014
With the suburb of Redhill behind the photographer, the Nottingham-Mansfield Road is seen here ascending Arch Hill. The D category road on the right - that serves a row of expensive and long-established houses on its crown also carries local traffic over the A60 on the bridge ahead. This secondary road runs parallel with the A60 and also descends on the other side of the crown of the hill ahead. The area at the top of this 'branch' road being known as Red Hill, Redhill. The cutting that allows for the passage of this main road was carved out in 1787. A stone arch carrying residential and agricultural traffic over the cutting collapsed in 1890 and was subsequently replaced by a metal bridge paid for jointly by the local authority and local landowners. In 1928 the cutting was widened to allow for road widening and the bridge seen here was installed. On the left-hand side of the bridge the Leapool Allotment site (owned by the Borough of Gedling) can be found.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.0156
Longitude
-1.13154