1956

SU1405 : A31/A338 junction viewed from a Morris 8 - Ringwood 1956 (1)

taken 68 years ago, near to Ringwood, Hampshire, England

A31/A338 junction viewed from a Morris 8 - Ringwood 1956 (1)
A31/A338 junction viewed from a Morris 8 - Ringwood 1956 (1)
The view of what used to be the main A31 Southampton road from Ringwood (the Ringwood bypass) at its junction with the A338 to Fordingbridge and Salisbury. Photographed through the windscreen of my father's Morris 8 saloon reg. no. ERU 765. Some interesting vehicles observed, a 1948 Morris Minor split screen saloon (reg. no. JOV 68) approaches in the opposite carriageway, whilst an unidentified Standard or Vauxhall (reg. no. PUK 948) emerges from the A338. Beyond is a motorcycle and sidecar combination that may have broken down, partially blocking the eastbound single carriageway of the A31 (as it was back then).

Today the main A31 has been elevated over this very spot via a modern flyover, whose dual carriageway carries thousands of vehicles per day overhead. This former road junction has long since been revamped too with a roundabout that acts now merely as a feeder for traffic entering and leaving the A31/A338. The next photo is of the same stretch of the A31 travelling in the same direction about 200 yards further along.

SU1505 : The A31 Southampton Road viewed from a Morris 8 - Ringwood 1956 (2)

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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport
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Photographer
Ronald Searle   (more nearby)
Contributed by
Mike Searle   (more nearby)
Date Taken
31 March 1956   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 21 November, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 1475 0559 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:50.9786N 1:47.5108W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 1472 0557
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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