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Cullompton and Willand A38/M5
A38 Willand before M5
Cullompton bypass circa 1974
The M5 diggers and scrapers arrive
The rbt is closed and bridge is under construction
Looking north to Willand and Tiverton Junction sta.
Late 40's/early 50's
Bristol routes during the Avonmouth Bridge delays
How A38 traffic was dispersed from 1969 to 1974
A4 - the once Great West Rd
May 27 1967 - Whitsun
Oct 22 1966
April 13 1971 - Easter
July 31 1971
November 1972 - Warnings about the M5 'threat'.
Summer 1975 and the threat is only weeks away, opening in October 1975 as far as J30. Looking south at J29, A30
1976 and the invasion has begun
News from August 4 1964 of holiday congestion on the two main routes to the West Country
Aust Ferry in 1966, with its nemesis taking shape
August 6 1966 and the A38 and A30 are grinding to a halt
The A30 between Honiton and Exeter in 1970
A30(T) at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire in 1965
Exeter bypass in the late 60's
A38 Cullompton bypass opening early, on August 15 1969
A30 Tregadillet - August 10 1989, 5 months before the bypass opened
A30 Bridestowe - 1991
August 2 1972
July 1973
A30 - August 1975
Exeter bypass - April 15 1968
A38 Bridgwater - 1971
A30 west of Fairmile - 1970
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