Brimmicroft footbridge, view north west, 10 January 1996
Brimmicroft overbridge, view north west (see all photos of the same view)
Foundation work for the bridge appears to be complete, and a mobile crane is lifting sections of shuttering into place so that concrete can be poured on the north abutment.
Structure 19a (Brimmicroft overbridge)
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