Blossom alongside the new A2
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Blossom alongside the new A2
Image: © Marathon Taken: 15 Apr 2017
Between 2007 and 2009, the A2 from Ebbsfleet to Cobham underwent extensive works to move the entire carriageway south to run alongside the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and to remove the road away from local housing. Here on the southern outskirts of Gravesend, the old six-lane carriageway has been landscaped and opened up as a pedestrian and cycle route. This view is from The Wealdway between the old and new carriageways of the A2. This parkland has been opened up to the public and trees planted which give attractive blossom in springtime. The long-distance route the Wealdway, which runs from Gravesend to Eastbourne, had to be re-routed and now crosses the new eight lane carriageway of the A2 via a new footbridge. Just beyond that it crosses the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
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