M6 interchange, view west, 10 January 1996

M6 interchange, view west (see all photos of the same view)

The shape of the new interchange is beginning to emerge, and the form of the motorway ahead to the terminal roundabout is now clear. In the middle of the picture, steelwork forming the spans of the viaduct over the M6 has reached about halfway along the structure.

Date
Direction of view
West
Structures visible

Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)

Structure 5 (A49 underbridge)

Roads visible

M6 motorway

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