M6 interchange, view west, 20 July 1995
M6 interchange, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The future M6 junction is a hive of activity here. On the right, the site-long haul road crosses the M6 by a completed bridge; on the left another has its piers in place and steel bridge spans have arrived on site for it. Through the middle of the picture, piers are being cast for the long viaduct over the M6, and foundations for its western end can be seen towards the bottom.
Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)
M6 motorway
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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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Skelmersdale Link to M6
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