Old Preston Road

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“Taking the high road”, this is all that is left of the original ROW, it dead ends before the backyards on Cottage Hill Dr.

The image above is from a point just inside the wooded area near the bottom middle of this image

See also:

Ochterloney Street, No. 7 Highway

1808

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