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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
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Samlesbury Interchange, seen in the Preston Bypass opening booklet, complete with streetlights that were removed before the road opened.
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1643×559

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