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Wellington Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 8JN

A closer view of Image We can see here that the pavements, which are much higher than the roadway, do not dip at the centre of the underpass but considerably this side.

When the Image was put in in the 1970s, rather than elevate the new road further, Wellington Road was lowered to accommodate the bridge. The pavements also dip, but not nearly as much. The adverse camber of the main road above can be discerned from here.

When the main A338 Wessex Way was built in the 1970s, only Wellington Road was retained as a crossing point for vehicles; the parallel roads to the north have been severed. Here we see where the carriageway of Wellington Road has been lowered to allow the dual carriageway to pass over without the need for a high viaduct. The camber of the main road can also be discerned from this point – with the far carriageway virtually visible beyond the nearer one, despite the fact that we are clearly below that level.

The opposing view to Image] (minus the dodgily parked car). See Image for the next view along the path behind us.

This footpath, running alongside the A338 Wessex Way, approaches Wellington Road, as does another similar path on the other side of the A338. The concrete structure on the left is part of the bridge which carries the A338 over Wellington Road. See Image for a view of the path towards us from the end, and Image] for the next view of the path behind us.

We are alongside the bridge carrying the A338 Wessex Way over Wellington Road - see Image From each side of the bridge run two similar public footpaths, the one ahead being path number C18. This one leads to Portchester Road and Ascham Road, while the other heads to Portchester Place (the leftover segment of Portchester Road when the A338 was built). See Image for the next view along the path, and links to further photos along the route.

This public footpath runs along the south side of the A338 Wessex Way, and leads to Portchester Place and the footbridge across the main road. Another path does similar on the northern side (see Image). See Image for the next picture along the path, and links to further photos.

The Wessex Way is the main fast transit east-west thoroughfare through Bournemouth and is a large dual carriageway, elevated for much of its length. This is the Wellington Rd underpass looking NW along Wellington Rd.

34060 '25 Squadron' and 75075 await their turn of duty.