Round the Edges
Jane Coston Bridge Summer
Photograph copyright S.Bennett
Technical details:
| Date:Summer 2006 | Source:Digital |
| Format:Portrait | Lens:18mm |
| Exposure:Fixed | |
| Images:13 | |
Commentary
This cycle bridge over the A14 opened in 2001. It took twenty years of local campaigning by Jane Coston to get the bridge completed. The route over the bridge is shorter than the old route over the junction, and considerable safer.
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Photos from this area.
SmallField
This small field between the A14 and Tescos, was used as a 'works yard' for the rebuilding of the A14 junction. It took considerable pressure to get the field restored. Presently a developer is trying to get planning permission to build a hotel
JCBRamp
Cambridge side of the Jane Coston Cycle Bridge
TeardropField
The 'Tear drop' field, finally restored to grass after being used as works yard by contractors working on the A14 junction. As part of the 'Green belt' this field was the site of an unsuccessful planning application for a budget hotel in 2008.