Bamber Bridge roundabout, view south, 12 December 1997
Bamber Bridge roundabout, view south (see all photos of the same view)
With the new motorway ready to open to traffic, the link road from Bamber Bridge roundabout is complete but presently closed off with concrete blocks.
Date
12 December 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
South
Roads visible
A582 Lostock Lane
A6 Preston Road
What's new
A bridge under troubled bridges
A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.
The monster seen from below
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
The road that made no sense
It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
