Gallery:A30 Bodmin - Indian Queens Dualling
Going through Bodmin is ironically quicker than the bypass, on holiday days, and, brings me out to here. This useful diagram shows the current arrangements, except its now a dumbbell and the underpass is almost ready. This is under the bypass bridge, on the original A391, from the original A30.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
Aug 07. Some resurfacing here, plus cycle path.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Sep 14, 2007 by SteveA30
The old A30 looking west from the Iron Bridge. Completely deserted.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Feb 17, 2008 by DavidBrown
This is now a noisy spot, as the first traffic swept underneath the Innis rbt, bringing to an end 30 years of summer queues on the Bodmin bypass.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jun 24, 2007 by SteveA30
The last ever Bank Holiday queue for Innis Downs, in the distance. Opening is set for Mon June 25. The queue started at the east end of the bypass, just where I turned off for Bodmin luckily. Thats about 5-6 miles. 30 years of queues here since the bypass opened in 1977. Old A30 down on left. The old junction probably flowed better, as priority was for the A30 and there was no rbt. But, of course, Bodmin itself was the bottleneck.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
The caravans head west round the dumbbell.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
Waiting for the cones to be removed.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
Bikers, caravanners, all on their hols.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
The procession continued all day.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
Half the bridge was blocked off to keep A30 traffic moving. If only half a dumbbell junction is in use, is it a dumb junction?
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
Looking west. Getting the after shot from here could be tricky!
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
A new type of Express Services will be trialled here. Ample parking in the outside lanes. Users will form an orderly queue on the reservation.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
Looking east, with the new off-slips each side. Westbound holiday jams often went back 5 or 6 miles from here.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 21, 2007 by SteveA30
Looking east towards Innis Down. June 2007
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
Looking east.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 27, 2007 by SteveA30
This garage was closed and deserted. After the wild emptiness of Goss Moor, this was getting spooky. A bit like Doctor Who and other science fiction scenes, where everything seems normal but, there are no people.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 21, 2007 by SteveA30
The strange quiet atmosphere continues. The Little Chef that closed in January 2007.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 21, 2007 by SteveA30
The new sweeps past the old.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 21, 2007 by SteveA30
