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Wow - fabulous pic! Hadn't seen that one before. Same view today.
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Re: NI : Belfast Telegraph historical photos
It is a great pic. Taken in 1966 as well. The mid-60's in Northern Ireland must have been such an optimistic time for NI road fans with improvements like this and several motorway sections being opened before everything started to go terribly wrong several years later.
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Very impressive find.bothar wrote:
The scene as work on the Sydenham by-pass flyover nears completion. This is part of the new Queen Elizabeth bridge traffic scheme. 8/3/1966
Do you have a link with picture above? I tried find it in Belfast telegraph website nothing.
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Quite striking alright, if it wasn't for the old Austin Cambridge it looks very "modern". This is the link. Perhaps this would look well on a Sabristi's wall, or even on a mug.
This oneof the bridge to the harbour airport is less striking.
The new bridge which will link Belfast Harbour Airport with the main airport road. On the right is the original wooden bridge. 14/4/1961
This oneof the bridge to the harbour airport is less striking.
The new bridge which will link Belfast Harbour Airport with the main airport road. On the right is the original wooden bridge. 14/4/1961
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I assume that this is this bridge?bothar wrote:Quite striking alright, if it wasn't for the old Austin Cambridge it looks very "modern". This is the link. Perhaps this would look well on a Sabristi's wall, or even on a mug.
This oneof the bridge to the harbour airport is less striking.
The new bridge which will link Belfast Harbour Airport with the main airport road. On the right is the original wooden bridge. 14/4/1961
Airport Road - No longer an official link to the passenger airport - thats off the Sydenham Bypass, but takes you to air cargo and fuel storage, as well as commercial units before ending at the Harbour Estate retail park.
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Trebeck - yes, I agree that it's that bridge.
But I'm not sure why this road was necessary? The Sydenham Bypass opened in 1959, and as far as I know the original entrance lay-by was in existence from the start, not least because that's where the Commemorative Plaque of the new road is placed. This is also, incidentally, the only plaque I'm aware of commemorating the opening of a modern dual-carriageway anywhere in NI.
EDIT - Actually, I see that the original terminal building was here, so that road does make sense.
But I'm not sure why this road was necessary? The Sydenham Bypass opened in 1959, and as far as I know the original entrance lay-by was in existence from the start, not least because that's where the Commemorative Plaque of the new road is placed. This is also, incidentally, the only plaque I'm aware of commemorating the opening of a modern dual-carriageway anywhere in NI.
EDIT - Actually, I see that the original terminal building was here, so that road does make sense.
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I can only assume that when it was being used by Shorts and the Military, it was handy enough to use the back road, but when it became a Commercial airport in the 80s, the entrance by the layby on the Sydenham Bypass was ideal for getting people in and out.
Re: NI : Belfast Telegraph historical photos
Found photos of the M5, Newtownabbey, under contruction
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1422533
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1638178
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1638212
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1641995
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1642032
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1422533
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1638178
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1638212
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1641995
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1642032
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Not taken from the Belfast Telegraph, this seems to be Augher(despite the mention of Armagh). I've never been there, I cannot quite reconcile the picture with Google Streetview.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1950s ... 53093.html
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1950s ... 53093.html
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Interesting. It's definitely this view, but you're right, many of the buildings appear to have been replaced. Interesting that there was a roundabout here as early as the 1950s, when traffic levels were still likely very low.bothar wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 23:50 Not taken from the Belfast Telegraph, this seems to be Augher(despite the mention of Armagh). I've never been there, I cannot quite reconcile the picture with Google Streetview.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1950s ... 53093.html
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It must have been interesting on the A4 a decade earlier when the train ran along the main street in Fivemiletown!
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fLKuqVnFVJs/ ... BFINAL.png
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fLKuqVnFVJs/ ... BFINAL.png
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This is not from the Belfast Telegraph but the interesting Belfast Historical Photos twitter. It is the A24 and A7 junction, somewhere around here , some research on the road layout is needed.
https://twitter.com/BelfastHistori5/sta ... 7045097475
https://twitter.com/BelfastHistori5/sta ... 7045097475
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I think it is probably that corner of the present roundabout.
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I think so, the house at the start of the A7 (under the Alliance poster on the Google view) is the same house today.
The garage has become a Chinese takeaway, which is a social commentary of a sort.
I suppose someone has an explanation as to why the road into Belfast was the A24 and not the A7.
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Best guess: A7 was not the original intended number of the road to Downpatrick (maybe an A3x number?), and the A24 was already intended for Ballynahinch, Down bagged it for their county and main cathedral town, but Belfast wasn’t moving on the A24 starting in Belfast.
As the A7 was in the 192x Road lists we won’t easily find out whether that guess is anything like accurate.
As the A7 was in the 192x Road lists we won’t easily find out whether that guess is anything like accurate.
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But the same county council was involved in both routes, and I expect that Belfast would have liked the key routes to go to Belfast. Perhaps the A7 was originally going to Ballynahinch and was swapped with the A24 and someone forgot to leave the section from Carryduff as as the A7.AndyB wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 22:35 Best guess: A7 was not the original intended number of the road to Downpatrick (maybe an A3x number?), and the A24 was already intended for Ballynahinch, Down bagged it for their county and main cathedral town, but Belfast wasn’t moving on the A24 starting in Belfast.
As the A7 was in the 192x Road lists we won’t easily find out whether that guess is anything like accurate.
However, I suppose it would logical to find the A7 in Antrim, as the A6 and A8 are and perhaps to find an A9 in Down.
This is all lost in the mists of time at this stage.
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another tweet with a 1930s picture, the Sabristic interest here is the traffic light, which appears to have a wire coming out of the top of it.
This is at this junction
https://twitter.com/BelfastHistori5/sta ... 4680659968
This is at this junction
https://twitter.com/BelfastHistori5/sta ... 4680659968
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There are a couple of interesting photos in the old Rewind thread, including Greencastle junction before the M5 was completed
viewtopic.php?p=1149324#p1149324
I don't remember this but I do remember the other end, the M2, before the M3 was built, 2 lanes to Duncrue, 2 lanes to Nelson Street, and a lane closure over lane 5
viewtopic.php?p=1149324#p1149324
I don't remember this but I do remember the other end, the M2, before the M3 was built, 2 lanes to Duncrue, 2 lanes to Nelson Street, and a lane closure over lane 5