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Robinson Walk, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP32 6PY

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.

Beyond the AMOT rooftop the row of trees hides the railway and the A14 road. Beyond that the sun glints on the houses of the Howard Estate, built by the council in the 1960s largely to house workers moving from London as part of the overspill project. The large white building on the right is the Goods In facility of W Vinten, one of the pioneering companies that moved from London. Unusually, there are no aircraft in the sky - much of the time there will be a Hercules, some other transport aircraft, a radar equipped 707, or a KC135 tanker, descending from right to left as they approach the Mildenhall runway. This is a two photo panorama.

Since I last photographed this 1960s office block it has gained a name from its founder and a large new sign, celebrating 100 years of the company. Strange that the sign boldly says Vinten when the company is now called Camera Dynamics - it must cause much confusion to visitors and deliveries.

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

A new sign advertising Vitec Group Videocom Division has been added to the front of the Camera Dynamics premises. Not sure exactly what Videocom do - their website is full of waffle.

The setting sun beams through the trees of Western Way, backlighting the office block of the company now officially called Camera Dynamics, but trading as Vinten. The company was founded in the pioneer years of the cine (movie) industry and moved to this site from North London in 1964. The military camera products were separated off to the other end of the road and became Thales (search it on Geograph) while this site concentrates on camera supports, pan/tilt heads, and tripods for the professional TV market, including fully computer controlled units for news studios and parliamentary coverage. The original 1960s office block had car parking underneath, but has subsequently been infilled to form a demonstration studio. The original R&D (Engineering) block was demolished and replaced by what is jokingly known as the 'McDonalds Building'.

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.

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.