Riley Green interchange, view north west, 14 February 1997
Riley Green interchange, view north west (see all photos of the same view)
A new service road for the buildings next to the roundabout is being laid out at the bottom of the picture. On the right, work is in progress to build the parapets of one of the two bridges.
Date
14 February 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
North West
Structures visible
Structure 20/20a (Riley Green interchange bridges)
Roads visible
A674 Chorley Road
A675 Bolton Road
What's new
The long way round
When a road is closed, why isn't the diversion route just the quickest way past the closure?
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.
Have you seen...
Mistakes
Making road signs is a tricky business, but fortunately the professionals who design them get it right. Usually.
