The Old Main Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Old Main Road by Tony Atkin as part of the Geograph project.
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The Old Main Road
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 29 Aug 2008
Before the new dual carriageway was built in the 1970's this was part of the main road between Plymouth and Exeter. Back then it would have been nose to tail traffic all day and you would be very unlikely to get a traffic free photograph.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.481181
Longitude
-3.774034