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A lane on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The lane and fields are to become part of the St Michael's Mead housing development.
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The St Michael's Mead housing development at Bishop's Stortford (after construction). What was a lane surrounded by fields has become part of St Michael's Mead.
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The view at Thorley Lane on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford before and after construction of the St Michael's Mead housing development.
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The St Michael's Mead housing development (before and after construction). The first picture shows Thorley Lane and a field in the 1990s. The second picture shows the same view in the 2000s.
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Thorley Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Thorley Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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The view at Thorley Lane on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford.
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The view at Thorley Lane after construction of the St Michael's Mead housing development, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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The B1013 Rochford to A127 Link Road (before and after construction), Essex.
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A field near Rochford (future B1013)
A field near Rochford (future B1013)
The B1013 (completed)
The B1013 (completed)
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The B1013 Rochford to A127 Link Road (before and after construction), Essex.
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A field near Rochford (future B1013)
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The B1013 Rochford to A127 Link Road (completed)
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The B1013 (before and after construction). The first picture shows a field near Rochford, Essex, the second picture shows how what was a field is now part of the B1013 Rochford to A127 Link Road.
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Do an album. I find Shutterfly quite good, except that they don't respond to suggestions, due to the usual automation nonsense. Then again, that applies to other photo hosting sites that I've tried.

Example below, the top one.
Roads and holidays in the west, before motorways.
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The QE 2 Bridge near Dartford, Kent. These pictures show the QE 2 Bridge (Dartford Crossing) during and after construction.
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The QE 2 Bridge (under construction)
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The A13 near Basildon (before and after construction), Essex. The first picture is looking towards One Tree Hill (near Basildon), the field is the future A13. The second picture shows the same view after the A13 has been completed.
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A field near Basildon (future A13)
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roadphotos wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:21 The A121 Cheshunt Link Road (before and after construction), Hertfordshire. The first picture shows the view (looking east) near Waltham Cross. The second picture shows the same view after the A121 has been completed. The houses link both pictures.
First picture probably late 1994/early 1995, the second one after October 1996. This is one of those 'I did that' moments, with a little help from my friends, of course. I think it was the most expensive roads (per km) built by Hertfordshire up to that time because of the massively expensive railway bridge and extensive retaining walls and treatment to a landfill site. I suspect the Bladock bypass would have given it a run for its money, although the tunnel on that only covers a small proportion of that route.

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Truvelo wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 20:02 Although I'm a roads fan I do prefer the before photos you posted. Such a shame the peace and tranquillity of a farmer's' field has now been destroyed. Your last photo in particular is lush and green in the before view and brown and parched in the later view, presumably after a long dry spell.
I know the Takeley area very well, having worked on the construction of Stansted Airport, so I remember the A120 area when it was fields. I was there yesterday as my mother in law now lives in Takeley. (I also made my first (and second) trip on the Little Hadham bypass yesterday.

Some old Stansted pictures here: https://www.alamy.com/stansted-airport- ... d0%26pl%3d

This is how it looked when I first moved to the area in late 1989.

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roadphotos wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 21:26 The view at Thorley Lane after construction of the St Michael's Mead housing development, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Do you have any pictures of the A1184 Bishop's Stortford south western bypass? That would be 1997/8 ish.

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After looking through my collection of pictures I've found a few of the A1184 at Thorley on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford. This picture shows a field (future A1184) and a temporary route for construction vehicles.
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The view at Thorley on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford after construction of the A1184.
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The A1184 (before and after construction). This picture shows a field (future A1184) and the view towards Thorley on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford.
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The view towards Thorley on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford after construction of the A1184.
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A lake near Thorley that has been created as part of the new housing developments on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford.
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