View west from Tramway Lane underbridge, 12 January 1995

View west from Tramway Lane underbridge (see all photos of the same view)

The full length of the M61 link road that has been closed and ripped up is visible here, with churned up earth on both sides marking out the width of the future motorway cutting.

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Direction of view
West

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