From south bridge to north bridge, A38 roundabout
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From south bridge to north bridge, A38 roundabout
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 15 Jul 2022
Before the Gloucestershire section of the M5 motorway opened in 1971, a large roundabout was built on the A38 at Whitminster to connect a new link road to the motorway at junction 13. This involved destroying the original A38 Bristol Road bridge across the Stroudwater Canal, the nearby lock and a significant length of the canal heading eastwards. In 2020 two new bridges were built on the roundabout, along with a channel between to re-instate the canal route across the A38. This is part of the Cotswold canals restoration between Stroud and Saul.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.764544
Longitude
-2.330764