You have it JW.
Apologies for being a bit sneaky, using a different view of the same place(ish) on two consecutive posts, but I knew the history of Birling Avenue as the tram road, so set about finding something to illustrate it to our huge audience
. They must have dug the tramway bed down when constructing the Birling Avenue, Berengrave Lane junction, as it is much lower than the A2 today, and would have been impossible for tram to get up that gradient.
Back to you JW (would you believe that phrase came up as predictive text on this iPad, we must get a life...)