Eastbound sign for Gale Street traffic turning onto the A13

Certain unauthorised adornments to this gantry!

Pre-Ripple Road upgrade view looking east towards one of the gantry signs for the Goresbrook interchange, where the new 1998/1999 A13 alignment diverges from Ripple Road to by-pass Rainham, Wennington and Aveley to link up with the much older dualled A13 east of the M25 junction.

Gantry sign on eastbound approach to the Goresbrook interchange with the A1306, the A13's original route until 1998/9.

Next gantry sign on eastbound approach to the Goresbrook interchange, also showing part-time traffic lights just to the west of the sign. These are I believe for a weigh-bridge, but only seen them switched on a very few occassions. So theoretically at least, these lights, when turned on, are the only interruption eastbound traffic has to face between Canary Wharf and Sadler's Hall Farm in Essex.

Part-time signals, once used for a weighbridge, but I doubt whether they still are.

Certain unauthorised adornments to this gantry!

Looking west from Goresbrook footbridge towards the western end of the 1998/1999 upgrade.

View in Jan 2006 - not much changed

Looking east from Goresbrook footbridge towards the interchange itself, with the new 1998/1999 alignment diverging to south of east, and the old A13 (now A1306 branching off).

View in Jan 2006, showing new wind turbines on the horizon

View looking east from the southern end of Goresbrook footbridge

Passing over Goresbrook junction onto the new 1998/1999-built section. View from London-Southend coach.

Goresbrook junction viewed from the southwest. The new A13 joins the old Ripple Road alignment.

Westbound on-slip, with bus stop for routes 173 and 287. There seems to be a sectio of D4 up ahead, but this is really a glorified merge zone.

Looking towards westbound on-slip from southern dumbbell

Cook Road runs parellel to the eastbound off-slip, and joins the old A13, now A1306 Ripple Road a short distance east of Goresbrook

Sign for Goresbrook on the eastbound off-slip viewed from Cook Road

Sign for Goresbrook on the eastbound off-slip viewed from Cook Road

Eastbound off-slip for Goresebrook junction. Buses have dedicated traffic lights.

Eastbound off-slip for Goresebrook junction. Buses have dedicated traffic lights.

Northern Artscape "Cone" viewed from the west

Northern Artscape "Cone" viewed from the east

View from Morrison Road, the access to the Scrattons Farm Estate, showing the Artscape 'cone' at the southern end of the jucntion.

Looking east towards Choats Manor Way, a new unclassified road linking the A13 with the roads south of the c2c railway

Goresbrook isn't a real dumbbell junction, as traffic for the A13 traffic has a dedicated set of traffic lights negating the need to go round the southern dumbbell

Goresbrook isn't a real dumbbell junction, as traffic for the A13 traffic has a dedicated set of traffic lights negating the need to go round the southern dumbbell

View from Morrison Road looking north

g the A13 with the roads south of the c2c railway

Goresbrook junction viewed from the northeast

Easrbound on-slip, with pedestrian crossing. 50 speed limit is shown, but NSL is reached within half a mile or so.

Eastbound on-slip, with zoom in showing destination sign and lane-joining sign

Westbound off-slip.

Goresbrook junction viewed from the A1306 (old A13), showing one of the Artscape 'Cones' at the northern end of the junction

view form train approaching Dagenham Dock station. We are looking east-ish at the western end of the new build section, elevated as it begins to cross first the railway and then the approach roads to Ford's Works.

A13 near Dagenham Dock Station, just east of Goresbrook Junction

View from a train just west of Dagenham Dock station, showing westbound gantry for Goresbrook.

A13 near Dagenham Dock Station, just east of Goresbrook Junction

At the western end of Dagenham Dock station, the newly constructed Choats Manor Way (S2) can be seen crossing the railway.

A13 crossing the railway at Dagenham Dock station - looking west

A13 crossing the railway at Dagenham Dock station - looking east

Southward view from Dageham Dock station just after crossing over the railway.

As dag19a2.jpg, but viewed from the platform

A13 near Dagenham Dock Station, just east of Goresbrook Junction. This was before the Channel Tunnel Rail Link was completed.

As Dag19b.jpg, but with the newly constructed Channel Tunnel Rail Link, just south of the station, with some new freight tracks on the extreme left.

Looking east, showing the old railway on the left, CTRL in the middle and freight lines on the right

A13 just east of Dagenham Dock Station, before Channel Tunnel Rail Link was completed.

View from train just east of Dagenham Dock station. A13 is now south of the railway.

A13 near Dagenham Dock Station, just east of Goresbrook Junction

Eastbound gantry sign for the next junction, the Marsh Way A1306 spur.

A13 running south of Ford's works

A13 running past Ford's works.

Looking west from Chequers Lane.

A13 crossing Chequers Lane, just south of the railway - looking west

A13 crossing Chequers Lane, just south of the railway - looking east

Looking east from Chequers Lane.

Looking north from Chequers Lane towards dagenham Dock station. The road was bisected by the CTRL, thus making the level crossing rather pointless!

Looking northwest from Breach Lane, just to the east of Chequers Lane. A Tanker Depot opposite Barking Power Station.

Looking north from Breach Lane.

Looking northeast from Breach Lane, showing the Ford's water tank, dominating the skyline before the new A13 arrived.

View looking eastward from Chequers Lane along the axis of the A13, showing the gantry for the Marsh Way spur, and an NSL sign. But we're still in Greater London! The mile-long viaduct between Goresbrook and Marsh Way won the "Concrete Society Certificate of Excellence" award in 2000.

A green space? In industrial Dagenham? Actually, there was a big sign saying "No public access", so I didn't stray too far into here. I assume it's meant for Ford's employees. The raised parapet visible between the two gantries marks the A13 passing over Kent Avenue, an access to Ford's but not for public use.

Zoom in from green space showing the Marsh Way gantry, partially obscured by trees.

A13 viewed from Thames Avenue, one of the access for Ford's Works

A13 west of the junction viewed from Marsh Way.

Passing over Marsh Way junction. View from London-Southend coach

Marsh Way is a short spur linking the old A13 (A1306) with the new. This is a shot looking north towards the A1306, with the built-up area of Dagenham in the background. This was originally given the tag 'A1311', but this has fallen into disuse.

The approach sign along Marsh Way heading southbound.

Marsh Way crosses the c2c railway and the newly constructed Channel tunnel rail link (the tracks nearest the camera). View looking east towards Rainham.

View looking south along Marsh Way towards the A13 dumbbell junction, with approach sign showing destinations to the south, the CEME (Centre for Engineering and Maintenance Excellence) and Ford's Works.

Still blocked off after almost two years (since i last visited the junction on foot). The road for the upcoming Beamside Development. I assume this is part of Consul Avenue, shown in the A-Z.

Sign for eastbound on-slip, including Ferry Lane, the next junction.

Looking east along eastbound on-slip, showing the lane-joining sign, indicating a brief (less than 1 mile) stretch of D4 between here and Ferry Lane

Looking south, showing sign for CEME, Ford's, Fairview Estate and the London-bound A13.

Looking west beneath A13 at Marsh Way.

Weird art: column of dot-matrix lights on southern dumbbell

Southern dumbbell with light column

Looking east along westbound off-slip. The CEME is visible on extreme right.