Looking up to the original line of the A40
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Image: © Marathon Taken: 14 Mar 2018
This view looks across a footpath and cycle track to Western Avenue which is at the top of the embankment and passing over the subway. Western Avenue here was the original A40 before it was re-routed to the north to pass under Long Lane in a cutting. Western Avenue here is now just a slip road.