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Originally Posted by zapatista
that is simply not true
having lived in Kent (southern england) for 6 years i know very well what country roads look like. many of the smallest ones are still single-car-wide only, with intermittent spots where one car can pull over to let another past
you seem to be presuming the whole of england exclusively had roads like that and it is simply not true. most roads allowed for traffic in both directions and were significantly wider, and many in the 40's had grass verges on either side to, its not as if they were lined by trees immediately next to them
i shall correct you, that is not at all what i thought (or posted)
and i suspect what you believe is an arterial road not covered by trees is instead a river in that screenshot  |
I do see the road you are referring to in the lower left that disappears into a forest, but I'd like to point out that it also does in fact completely disappear from the map in all other ways too. There is no bridge across the river or any other hint of that road continuing. I live in the U.S. (admittedly) but still have a sense of what a 2 lane road with grass verges is like as I grew up on such a road. It did in fact disappear into the canopy. There were huge tracts that were completely shaded and would be indiscernible from above.
My impression of U.K. rural roads are that many of them served as major thorough fares (much like the U.S.) up until the 1950s if I am incorrect in this assumption I apologize, but I am equally sure that my assesment is correct. Even our famous route 66 disappears into the canopies of forested land for large tracts.