Bridge Street. 1960s and 2014.
Looking towards Stoke Bridge. Stoke Bridge had not been widened to take dual traffic in the top photo and buildings still stand where the road is now.
This whole area was completely redesigned and rebuilt when the town by-pass and Orwell Bridge and Civic Drive were built, as well as West End Road, which made this into a major junction, as traffic from the by-pass exit at Bourne Hill now enters the town here and joins the main inner ring road and smaller roads at this point. A second Stoke Bridge was built alongside the old Stoke Bridge to duel it up for the extra traffic whilst much of narrow Wherstead Road was by-passed with the new Hawes Street and the busy "Novotel Interchange" was created to deal with this complicated junction .
Bridge Street. 1960s and 2014.
Looking towards Stoke Bridge. Stoke Bridge had not been widened to take dual traffic in the top photo and buildings still stand where the road is now.
This whole area was completely redesigned and rebuilt when the town by-pass and Orwell Bridge and Civic Drive were built, as well as West End Road, which made this into a major junction, as traffic from the by-pass exit at Bourne Hill now enters the town here and joins the main inner ring road and smaller roads at this point. A second Stoke Bridge was built alongside the old Stoke Bridge to duel it up for the extra traffic whilst much of narrow Wherstead Road was by-passed with the new Hawes Street and the busy "Novotel Interchange" was created to deal with this complicated junction .