Walton Summit Motorway, looking east, 10 January 1996
Walton Summit Motorway, looking east (see all photos of the same view)
Next to the Walton Summit Motorway, the embankment for the M65 is nearing completion. The difference in the colour of the earth makes the road bed easy to see against the topsoil laid on the embankment slopes.
Structure 10a (Brindle Road overbridge, M61)
Structure 14/14a (M61 interchange bridges)
M61 motorway
Walton Summit Motorway
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