Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 05, 2005 by M4Simon
Gloucester, Narrow Bridge
Hempsted Bridge
Hempsted Bridge
Gloucester, Hempsted- St Ann Way
Gloucester, Hempsted- New Crossroad
Llanthony Bridge
Llanthony Road hydraulic bridge open
Gloucester- Llanthony Road
Gloucester- The Quay
Llanthony Road bridge
Telford's Bridge
The Telford's bridge
Barton Street, Gloucester
Barton Street, Gloucester
Gloucester Barnwood Bypass
St Oswald's Rd, Gloucester
Tewkesbury Road (A38)
The new bridge at Over This bridge over the western channel of the River Severn at Over replaced the earlier Thomas Telford bridge (from which the picture is taken). The River Severn is tidal to Maisemore Weir, just about this bridge, these bridges are popular viewing spots to watch the Severn Bore.
M5 Motorway - junction 11 bridges The structure carrying the A40 over the M5 is a particularly elegant item of engineering, though very difficult to photograph due to the roundabout bridges on either side.
Gloucester on 1' map sheet 92
Roads, Railways and Minor Corrections to 1932. This shows what is now Estcourt Road under construction to the north of the city -- there's a little stub of Class I road that stops in 'mid-air', and the direct connection to the Birdlip road (A417) is not yet built.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Aug 29, 2008 by FosseWay
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Unbuilt Interchange - Gloucester (A40/A417)
This 1970's Bartholemew map shows the A40 / A417 junction as a complete GSJ. Why was this never built, and remains to this day as a roundabout?
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 31, 2005 by DavidBrown
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Alternative design for Elmbridge Court Roundabout as proposed by the County Council in 1972. This differs from the Ministry of Transport's design by having the A40 passing beneath the bridges and the B4063 avoiding the roundabout. There is no connection between the roundabout and the B4063 towards Gloucester. This appears to be designed to stop traffic using the B4063 to gain access to the centre of Gloucester. The B4063 to the east has access to the roundabout which joins the flyover at a merge consisting of single lane dualling. This could be a measure to prevent traffic U-turning to head towards Gloucester and vice versa.
1972 plan for Over Roundabout as part of a grade separated Gloucester Northern Bypass. The thickness of the lines represents the true width of the carriageways so the number of lanes can be identified quite easily. Eastbound there would be three lanes on the approach to the large loop with two lanes turning off and one lane continuing eastwards. From this it can be expected that the majority of traffic would be heading towards Gloucester than continuing onto the bypass. The loop itself widens to three lanes with two lanes for Gloucester and one lane for the A417 north.
The junction itself favours a few traffic flows over the others. In particular, traffic from the A417 north would have to travel through Gloucester to reach the M5. Southbound A417 traffic also has to give way to traffic on the loop. Although no explanations for the decision to build the junction as a roundabout instead have been found, it's possible these deficiencies along with the increased costs could have influenced the decision.
1960's plans for an Inner Ring Road in Gloucester.
It would have been built in two stages. The first stage, known as the first generation, would have been built at surface level and consists of gyratories to minimise conflicting movements. The second generation is more ambitious and would have been grade separated. The report states that funding isn't available for the second generation and it would be at least 15-20 years before resources could be available. If and when the second generation is built the first generation would act as feeder routes.
Unfortunately no detailed maps of the second generation route are available and it's unlikely any junction designs for the GSJ's would have been finalised given the project wasn't going to be built for some time.
1987 plan for Brockworth Interchange as part of a bypass for the village featuring at-grade junctions. By 1991 the design had changed to the partial freeflow interchange that was eventually built.
1991 plan for adding north facing slip roads to M5 J12
M5 viewed northwards from a train near Gloucester
Gloucester Cross with traffic lights.
The junction between Black Dog Way and Worcester Street in 1989 before Gouda Way was added. The latter was built in the late 90's.
The old roundabout at Cole Avenue before it was replaced by today's traffic light junction.
Looking towards The Quay
Cross Keys roundabout on A38, Hardwicke, Glos
Trident Life,Renslade House,Whitfield Street
view of Gloucester SW bypass under construction
East side of Netheridge Bridge, Gloucester Netheridge Bridge is a 38 metre long swing bridge over the new Two Mile Cut in the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. The bridge, carrying the A430, can be opened to let large canal vessels through. The overhead clearance is 4.7 metres (a little over 15 feet) so most vessels can pass through without the need for rotation.
The Two Mile Cut section was built as part of Gloucester's South West Bypass project. It has replaced the previous double canal bend here.
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