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=== Going South towards [[Taunton]] and [[Exeter]]/{{Mgb|5}} ===
The Clifton Suspension Bridge out of town narrows into a one lane road over a ravine , and drivers have to pay a toll to get on.
While you're not allowed to wait at the barrier , the time it took for the guy to get out of his booth and walk over to me to tell me this was all the time I needed to get a ride to Exeter (it looked like it wouldn't be too hard to wait either before or after the bridge, either). From the city centre, you can get a local bus (#8 and #9 both work) for £1.70 that'll take you to within about 200m of the bridge.
There's a big service station near Easton-in-Gordano at {{Mgb|5}} Junction 19 . The good news is, hitching (in my experience) gets easier as you head South and West! Southbound from J19 Easton-in- Gordano services can be very slow at holiday traffic times - two hours or even six , especially in summer. Northbound hitching is also dificult .There's an bus between Portishead-Bristol every 30 mins in the daytime £3.80 from to J19 to Bristol centre . is 7 km walk
Another place to hitch FROM Bristol to {{Mgb|5}} South is at the start of A369 - Clanage Rd - by U.W.E Bower Ashton Art Dept.