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Truvelo · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 15:38

Chris Bertram wrote:

Are you going to tell us what model the streetlamp on the bridge is?

It looks like a Revo mecury lantern, possibly something not too dissimilar to this.

swarkestonecauseway · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 16:45

Is it my eyes or is the hard shoulder not hard?

JamesA44 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 16:49

swarkestonecauseway wrote:

Is it my eyes or is the hard shoulder not hard?

It was probably a soft shoulder in those days - see here:-

http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/inde ... d_shoulder

swarkestonecauseway · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 20:21

That was my first thought, but I thought the M1 and therefore presumably the M45 were built with hard shoulders?

Truvelo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 17:30

Next one..... :lol:

Picture was taken 80 years ago :smile:

Burns · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 18:29

I have no idea where it is but here's how the scene looks in 2012 (excuse my awful photoshop skills).

owen b · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 18:35

It looks similar to a much changed location not too far from me, but I can't find an old photo to match it up. Is it anywhere near me or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Truvelo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 18:51

Burns is correct with the speed limit and it's nowhere near Luton. I should also mention that the view has changed considerably.

Truvelo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 21:38

I guess this is proving tricky therefore I will starting offering clues.

The section of road visible in the picture is now an oxbow.

davemase · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:28

Is the area now built up or is it still rural?

Truvelo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 14:17

It's built up.

M5Lenzar · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 17:57

Is the road this is on bypassed?

Truvelo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 18:22

M5Lenzar wrote:

Is the road this is on bypassed?

It depends if you mean the section pictured? As I mentioned earlier this short section survives as an oxbow with the new road running immediately beside it to the left to smooth out the bend. The road itself isn't bypassed and is a main artery.

Truvelo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 14:51

Here's another clue. There's a very important road passing over this oxbow.

Paspie · **Joined:** Sat Jan 16, 2010 15:41 **Posts:** 1444

Is this the A1 at Roxton?

Truvelo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 18:05

Paspie wrote:

Is this the A1 at Roxton?

No, it's in the 4 zone.

Storm2 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 18:25

Truvelo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 18:35

Storm2 wrote:

A40?

No it's an A4xxx

Storm2 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 18:41

Truvelo wrote:

Storm2 wrote:

A40?

No it's an A4xxx

That shows off my wonderful guessing skills. :roll:

Truvelo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 21:23

To recap:

It's an A4xxx in an urban area which is now a D2 running to the left of the section pictured which is now an oxbow with a much more important road crossing over it near the bend in the distance. The only thing that hasn't changed is the tree on the right which is now in someone's garden.

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