The A2 is that big ol' road that's full of lorries waiting to get onto ferries at Dover. Three lanes, backed up for five miles, and that's on a good day. It's one of the great importing roads in this country and therefore in the world, the UK having the fifth largest economy in the world.
It was based on the Roman road from Londinium to Doverum (or whatever they called it, I'm sure Wikipedia has the proper answer). So that makes it pretty important at the London end as well.
Can you see it in this picture?
Yep. On the right. No barriers, no signs, barely any traffic and this was mid-day Thursday.
This is what the A2 looks like at Blackheath, just outside the walls of Greenwich Park.
I wonder if this happens to other famous roads in other countries?
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