Shared description
The A38
The A38 is a major A-class trunk route. When first designated in 1922, it ran from Derby to Plymouth but it was later extended at both ends so that it now runs for 292 miles from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire to Bodmin in Cornwall.
Prior to the opening of the M5 motorway in the 1960s and 1970s, the A38 formed the main "holiday route" from the Midlands to Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and the south-western section was notorious at holiday times for the congestion. Nowadays, for most of the southern section, the A38 is a fairly quiet road shadowing the M5 extremely closely; often running alongside the motorway as a single carriageway road. The section between Exeter and Plymouth is, however, a busy dual carriageway which serves as the southern extension of the M5 and is known as “the Devon Expressway”.
More information at Link
(Wikipedia) and Link (SABRE).
Prior to the opening of the M5 motorway in the 1960s and 1970s, the A38 formed the main "holiday route" from the Midlands to Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and the south-western section was notorious at holiday times for the congestion. Nowadays, for most of the southern section, the A38 is a fairly quiet road shadowing the M5 extremely closely; often running alongside the motorway as a single carriageway road. The section between Exeter and Plymouth is, however, a busy dual carriageway which serves as the southern extension of the M5 and is known as “the Devon Expressway”.
More information at Link
(Wikipedia) and Link (SABRE).by David Dixon
Created: Sat, 4 Jan 2014, Updated: Mon, 29 Jul 2024
203 images use this description. Preview sample shown below:
... and 178 more images.
Shared descriptions
This shared description
The 'Shared Description' text on this page is © copyright 2014 David Dixon.
Shared descriptions are specifically licensed so that contributors can reuse them on their own images, without restriction.
About shared descriptions
These Shared Descriptions are common to multiple images.
For example, you can create a generic description for an object shown in a photo, and reuse the description on all photos of the object. All descriptions are public and shared between contributors, i.e. you can reuse a description created by others, just as they can use yours.
Explore images
View images using "The A38" Shared Descriptions
View images using just this shared description
There are multiple descriptions with the same titleView images mentioning the words [The A38] anywhere in text
Other shared descriptions
Others with same title
- The A38
By Geographer. Used on 7 images
Related descriptions
- The A38/A4104 junction roundabout construction
By Philip Halling. Used on 66 images
- The A379 in Devon
By David Dixon. Used on 62 images
- Plymouth
By Hamish Griffin. Used on 5 images
- A38 Road
By N Chadwick. Used on 225 images
- The Tamar Bridge
By David Dixon. Used on 9 images
- The A39
By David Dixon. Used on 134 images
The above selections are automatic and approximate, it might not always select closely matching descriptions
