M6 interchange and Cuerden footbridge, view north, 14 February 1997
M6 interchange and Cuerden footbridge, view north (see all photos of the same view)
From this angle the M6/M65 interchange appears almost complete. A sign gantry is even in place in the foreground. Beyond, however, the sliproads linking to the A6 are not yet laid - their embankments are only just being completed.
Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)
Structure 6a (Cuerden footbridge, M6)
M6 motorway
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