View east from Marsh Farm to Stanworth Farm, 12 December 1997
View east from Marsh Farm to Stanworth Farm (see all photos of the same view)
This high-level view shows the motorway east from Marsh Farm through to Tockholes, where it vanishes over the hills in the distance. Riley Green Interchange can be seen ahead.
Structure 17a (Marsh Farm overbridge)
Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)
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