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What significant changes did Woolston experience in the 1970s?

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Woolston is a suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, ... Development of the Itchen Bridge in the 1970s, to link Woolston with the Southampton City Centre, required significant changes. Old terraces had to be demolished to make room for the new structure. However, ...

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A mid 1970s view of the Itchen Bridge, a new era for Woolston was just about to commence. Did the new bridge, in effect, bypass Woolston and change it's fortune? (Thanks to John Church for the image).

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Recently Woolston High street underwent a drastic change. The busy road that was always lined with parked cars was turned into a one way street and the whole area turned into a twenty mile an hour zone. This certainly made it easier to drive down, at least in the one direction you now can, but it did cause major confusion.

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In the 1970s, Woolston, a suburb of Southampton, experienced significant changes primarily due to the development of the Itchen Bridge. The construction of this bridge was a major infrastructure project that linked Woolston with Southampton City Centre. To make way for the bridge, many old terraces had to be demolished, marking a substantial transformation in the area's urban landscape (source).

Additionally, the introduction of the bridge marked a new era for Woolston, influencing its connectivity and potentially altering its economic fortunes as it redefined transit routes in the region (source).

Here are some images reflecting that era:

Itchen Bridge Construction

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