Coastal road swept away into the sea in Devon

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• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In the photograph I noticed there’s water either side of the road, so I looked it up on a map and it’s such a dumb fucking stretch of road. Of course the sea will take it!

  Why waste money rebuilding it over and over when they could make an inland road that serves the same route?

  Highlighted the road in red for visibility.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Somebody aught Torcross that Strete and give that up Start a Slapton

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    • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dun Point fingers at them, they’ll get Cross!

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  • Taiatari@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doesn’t the road there serve as a barrier to protect the rest of the coast line behind it from erosion?

    However, if that were the case why is it not a proper damn? Hmmmm

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    • Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s a natural spit of land (there is another technical term if it has land at both ends I think?). It was there, and flat, so they built the road on it. It wasn’t built for the road. (…probably)

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    • GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plus, the terrain near the coast here is an absolute bastard for point-to-point roads.
      You’d struggle to make the alternative road any more efficient than the existing b-roads.

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  • mjr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because that’s a freshwater lake on the inland side with interesting wildlife. Letting the sea in is a big call.

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• blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think I’ve seen worse potholes than that.

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• absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hm, doesn’t look much worse than some of the B roads i’ve driven there

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• ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Looks like a landscape from Death Stranding.

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