Tailbacks in time, East Anglia
Abstract
This article explores the braiding of timelines and timespans in roadworks along the A14, a major road in east England. Superimposed on a Roman road and skirting the subsiding Fens, recent construction reveals the conditions of a very different environmental past. Attention to the time-depth of the terrain beneath the A14 reminds us that the landscape is not a static container onto which we can project certainty, but exists in flux. This is a road being built for a future whose environmental conditions may be substantially different to those of the present.
Citation
Irvine , R D G 2019 , ' Tailbacks in time, East Anglia ' , Roadsides , vol. 1 , pp. 51-56 . https://doi.org/10.26034/roadsides-20190018
Publication
Roadsides
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2624-9081Type
Journal article
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