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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 LinkExternal link (Wikipedia) and LinkExternal link (SABRE).
by David Dixon

Created: Sat, 4 Jan 2014, Updated: Mon, 29 Jul 2024


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SP0483 : The University of Birmingham seen from Aston Webb Boulevard (A38), Selly Oak, Birmingham by habiloid
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SX5855 : A38 westbound, Smithaleigh by JThomas
2024
SX8073 : Westbound A38 near Bickington by David Dixon
2022
SX5554 : Devon Expressway on the Outskirts of Plymouth by David Dixon
2022
SX8983 : Eastbound Devon Expressway, Haldon Hill Services by David Dixon
2022
SX7972 : Layby on the Devon Expressway near Bickington by David Dixon
2022
SX8882 : Eastbound A38, Harcombe Woods by David Dixon
2022
SX8982 : Layby on the A38 at Harcombe Woods by David Dixon
2022
SX7771 : Devon Expressway approaching Goodstone Junction by David Dixon
2022
SX8275 : Devon Expressway (A38) at Drumbridges Interchange by David Dixon
2022
SX4159 : A38 towards Saltash and Plymouth by David Dixon
2022
SX3960 : A38 between Landrake and Saltash by David Dixon
2022
SX8578 : Devon Expressway, Chudleigh Station Interchange by David Dixon
2022
SX6656 : Lay-by by A38 eastbound, south of Bittaford by David Smith
2020
SO7606 : Eastington Turn Bus Stop, Bristol Road by David Dixon
2019
SX9185 : Sign Gantry over the Devon Expressway (A38) by David Dixon
2018
SK3438 : Slack Lane bridge over A38 Queensway by David Smith
2017
SK3437 : Footbridge over A38 by University of Derby by David Smith
2017
ST6997 : Bus stop and shelter in Newport by David Smith
2016
ST6894 : Trees screening Green Farm from A38 by David Smith
2016
SO7100 : Thicket with winter colour by A38 near Berkeley Road by David Smith
2016
ST6997 : Chapel Hill, Newport by David Dixon
2012
SO9367 : Swan Service Station, Upton Warren by David Dixon
2012
ST7098 : A38, Heatfhfield by David Dixon
2012
SO8932 : Tewkesbury High Street (A38) by David Dixon
2012

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