Tramway Lane underbridge, view north, 12 January 1995
Tramway Lane underbridge, view north (see all photos of the same view)
The western half of the M61 link road, on the left of the picture, has been ripped up, and traffic to and from the M61 is now using a temporary link to Tramway Lane until the Walton Summit Motorway (middle right) is ready to open.
Walton Summit Motorway
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The forever bottleneck, part 1
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Junction Three
The M621 has one junction where everything leaves the motorway and heads for the city, and a very bizarre junction it is too.
