Marsh Lane overbridge, view north, 12 December 1997
Marsh Lane overbridge, view north (see all photos of the same view)
Marsh Lane is mostly single-track and crosses the motorway by a narrow bridge with passing places on each approach. On the far side of the motorway a length of farm access track has been built at the top of the cutting slope.
Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)
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