Marsh Farm and Marsh Lane overbridges, view west, 14 February 1997
Marsh Farm and Marsh Lane overbridges, view west (see all photos of the same view)
Marsh Farm bridge is just out of sight at the bottom of this picture. Clearly visible here are works to the road bed and embankment drainage, on a part of the route that until a couple of months previously had been blockaded by the old course of Marsh Lane.
Date
14 February 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible
Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)
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