Cuerden embankment, view east, 12 December 1997
Cuerden embankment, view east (see all photos of the same view)
This high-up picture shows the whole length of motorway between the M6 (just out of sight at the bottom of the frame) and the M61. A third running lane exists for a short distance to cater for the traffic joining and leaving between these junctions.
Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)
Structure 8 (Tramway Lane underbridge)
A6 Preston Road
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The monster seen from below
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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.
The forever bottleneck, part 2
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
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