Editing A30 road (section)

==Cultural references==
[[John Betjeman]] referred to the A30 in his poem "Meditation on the A30".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/John_Betjeman/16972 |title=Meditation on the A30 – A poem by John Betjeman |publisher=Poetry Connection |access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref> Arthur Boyt, focus of BBC documentary ''The Man Who Eats Badgers'', described the A30 near Bodmin Moor as a good road for finding roadkill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veoh.com/browse/morelike/v150743042ZkNpky6#watch%3Dv15061938RThZfXqp |title=Arthur Boyt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622015644/http://www.veoh.com/list/morelike/v150743042ZkNpky6 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |access-date=5 December 2012  }}</ref>

In [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]], episode 34: The Cycling Tour, Mr Pither laments "As I lay down to the sound of the Russian gentlemen practising their shooting, I realised I was in a bit of a pickle. My heart sank as I realised I should never see the Okehampton by-pass again...", just before his impending execution in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode34.htm|title=Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words – Episode 34|work=ibras.dk|access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref>

[[Rick Beato]], interviewing [[Brian May]] of the band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] in 2021, asked him (about the band), "How often would you tune?" to which May replied, "Not often enough, some people would say. We used to say we tuned to the A30."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgkvU5eCaYo&t=2479s  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/mgkvU5eCaYo| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Brian May Interview - Queen's Songs, Stories and Guitar Style|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=24 September 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>