The A38 [7 photos] in ST5973 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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The A38

The A38, parts of which are known as Devon Expressway, Bristol Road and Gloucester Road, is a major A-class trunk road in England.

The road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. It is 292 miles (470 km) long, making it the longest two digit A road in England. It was formerly known as the Leeds–Exeter Trunk Road, when this description also included the A61. Before 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.

Considerable lengths of the road in the West Midlands closely follow Roman roads, including part of Icknield Street. Between Worcester and Birmingham the current A38 follows the line of a Saxon salt road.

For most of the length of the M5 motorway, the A38 road runs alongside it as a single carriageway road.

This extract uses material from the Wikipedia article "A38_road", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

by Geographer

Created: Sun, 11 Aug 2019, Updated: Sun, 11 Aug 2019

7 images use this description:

ST4255 : Strawberry Line path near Axbridge by Malc McDonald

2020

ST4154 : B&B at Cross, near Axbridge by Malc McDonald

2020

ST5973 : A38 North Street, Bristol by Geographer

2017

ST5873 : Premier Inn, Bristol by Geographer

2017

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