2017

SJ4296 : The A580 (East Lancs Road) at Knowsley

taken 7 years ago, near to Knowsley, England

The A580 (East Lancs Road) at Knowsley
The A580 (East Lancs Road) at Knowsley
Looking eastwards along the East Lancashire Road at Knowsley.
The East Lancashire Road (A580)

The A580 (officially the Liverpool-East Lancashire Road) links Walton in Liverpool to Salford. It was the United Kingdom's first purpose-built intercity highway (Archive LinkExternal link Historic Highways (archived)) being officially opened by King George V on 18 July 1934. The road is known colloquially as the "East Lancs Road".


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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport Road: A580 Camera: IPhone SE other tags: East Lancashire Road East Lancs Road Dual Carriageway Primary Road Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · A580 East [3] · East Lancashire Road at Knowsley [2] · East Lancs Road [2] ·
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SJ4296, 21 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 8 May, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 14 May, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 424 968 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:27.8978N 2:52.0821W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 423 968
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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