View west from Tramway Lane underbridge, 10 January 1996

View west from Tramway Lane underbridge (see all photos of the same view)

Between the A6, in the distance, and Tramway Lane, at the bottom of the picture, work has finally started to clear topsoil on the route of the motorway. Until now, this section had seen few developments since the former A6 to M61 link road had closed.

Date
Direction of view
West
Structures visible

Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)

Structure 8 (Tramway Lane underbridge)

What's new

The sunlit uplands

On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.

Grand openings

Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.

Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

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