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)

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