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A38 Dobwalls Bypass - Monthly changes at Looe Mills

23rd February 2008 - Looking East we can start to see the temporary connection onto the existing carriageways. I think all traffic will be diverted onto the distributor road later this week.

Looe Mills - Moorswater distributor road looking East Looe Mills - Moorswater distributor road looking East

9th February 2008 - Work continues on the retaining wall.

Looe Mills - Retaining wall for the Moorswater distributor road Looe Mills - Retaining wall for the Moorswater distributor road

2nd February 2008 - Outside Jewsons we can see the route of the Moorswater distributor road.

Moorswater distributor road looking West Moorswater distributor road looking East

20th January 2008 - To the West of Manuscript work continues to tie in the start of the Moorswater distributor road.

Moorswater distributor road looking West Looe Mills - Retaining wall for the Moorswater distributor road

23rd December 2007 - Where the cafe used to be we can clearly see the route of the western dual carraigeway and the Mooswater Distributor road climbing the hill to the left.

Mooswater Distributor road Mooswater Distributor road

23rd December 2007 - Further up the hill work on the junction continues.

Junction work Junction work

21st October 2007 - Work begins on the East bound junction from the new bypass onto the Moorswater Distributor road.

Eastbound junction for the Moorswater Distributor road Eastbound junction for the Moorswater Distributor road

Here we can see the route of the Moorswater Distributor road on the left.

Moorswater Distributor road Moorswater Distributor road

7th October 2007 - Work continues to excavate the soil. The route of the Moorswater Distributor road can be seen on the higher level.

Eastbound junction for the Moorswater Distributor road Looking East to Moorswater

Looking East to Moorswater Looking West over Looe Mills

7th October 2007 - This is where the cafe used to be.

Site of the old cafe Site of the old cafe

31st August 2007 - The bungalow is demolished.

A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow

By the time I returned in the evening the bungalow had been demolished and the retaining wall in the old car park gets bigger..

A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow

16th August 2007 - The lantoom excavations are getting close to Looe Mills bungalow.

A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow

Now the excavations are nearly complete, the bungalow is in the way. So first the roof tiles are removed.

A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow

And in the old cafe car park a retaining wall is being built.

A38 - Looe Mills - demolishing the bungalow

27th April 2007 - Working by the East Looe River between Moorswater and Looe Mills.

A38 - Moorswater

25th February 2007 At Looe Mills the bungalow is being used as the site office. A38 - Looe Mills A38 - Looe Mills

9th December 2006 - The site is levelled.

Looe Mills cafe - Site levelled Looe Mills cafe - Site levelled

19th November 2006 - demolition of the cafe begins.

Looe Mills cafe - demolition starts Looe Mills cafe - demolition starts

7th October 2006 - Demolition and clearance work begin.

Looe Mills side road The outside loos!

7th October 2006 Looe Mills cafe and bungalow behind.

Looe Mills cafe - now closed Looe Mills cafe and car park

Looe Mills - looking West towards Dobwalls Looe Mills - looking East towards Lamellion Viaduct and Liskeard

 

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