A6 overbridge, view north, 12 January 1995
A6 overbridge, view north (see all photos of the same view)
The Preston Road roundabout has been removed entirely, and a temporary diversion built to carry the A6 around the site of the future bridge across the motorway. Excavations are now beginning to create foundations for the bridge.
Date
12 January 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
North
Structures visible
Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)
Roads visible
A6 Preston Road
What's new
Signs and sensibility
The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.
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?
Have you seen...
Preston Bypass
The very first motorway was eight miles of relief for the Lancashire town of Preston. It goes without saying that there's an interesting story to be told about it.
