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Oakes Road, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP32 6PW

On the right of the picture we see a bus on a bridge, it seems. In reality the bridge you can see is a two track railway bridge and there is a small gap before the road bridge that carries the A14 dual carriageway and the bus. Underneath both bridges runs Beeton's Way, a local road. Ideally I suppose the bridges would be one structure but the railway bridge was built in the mid 1960s, several years before the 1971 road bridge. The road was the A45 at the time, and took the traffic that formerly ran through the town. These trees have the full set of autumn colours - green, yellow and red.

Plaque to mark the opening of Beetons way the road and rail bridge for photo of the bridges see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/625484

The road and rail crossing Beetons way Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk. The bridge nearest the camera is the railway line and just behind is the road bridge carrying the A14. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/625491 for info plaque.

Until the late 1960s this was a footpath, with a gated crossing over the railway track. It became a road, with a bridge carrying the railway above, then later the A45 road (now A14) was built alongside the line. On the left the old Vinten canteen building is now leased by an aerospace camera maintenance company. Before the mini-roundabout to Western Way was added on the left, this corner was a regular scene of accidents as an optical illusion gave the impression the road went straight on.

Once upon a time a footpath led to a level crossing of the railway track. In the late 1960s a massive excavation (and works to deal with the resulting breach of an underground stream) produced this cutting allowing a road under the line, and a few years later for the road to also pass under the new A45 (now A14) road. This is an unusual viewpoint from the top of the bank.

This is part of the new government's secret plan to keep out unwanted immigrants, mounting anti-vehicle guns beside the A14 from Felixstowe. There is a cover story that they are installing new illuminated information signs.

On the footpath between Beeton's Way and Spring Lane. The fence is the rear border of King Edward VI school. In the far distance the storage silos of the sugar refinery dominate the skyline.

The first one I have ever seen, but no doubt the first of millions. This one has been installed as a replacement for a damaged sodium lamp. I will follow up with a shot of it lit.

One of the sodium lamps on this path was vandalised and has been replaced by an LED version - see the close-up at Image This photograph provides an interesting comparison of the brightness and colour. It is interesting to see that the LED bicycle light has created a markedly brighter area. Two days later all the lamps were being changed over to the LED type, and a word with the workman revealed that these use 10 LEDs, each of 10W, so a total input of 100W, which he noted was much less than the old lamps, so a saving in running costs. On the right of this photo the fence prevents access to the railway embankment, while on the left the fence surrounds the playing fields of King Edward VI school http://www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/.