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Descriptive text
Black and white photograph of a roundabout forming part of a motorway interchange, with streetlights and trees in the foreground. A long arched motorway bridge stretches across the background from left to right
Caption
Samlesbury Interchange, seen in the Preston Bypass opening booklet, complete with streetlights that were removed before the road opened.
Original size
1643×559
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