Stanworth rock cutting, view west 1, 12 January 1995
Stanworth rock cutting, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The work compound is clearly visible here, a village of cars and caravans on the left of the image near to Riley Green interchange.
Date
12 January 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Roads visible
A674 Chorley Road
A675 Bolton Road
What's new
A bridge under troubled bridges
A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.
The monster seen from below
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
The road that made no sense
It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
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Road Numbers
We'd be lost without them, but there is nothing straightforward about the seemingly simple business of giving roads a number.
