A6 overbridge, view north, 14 February 1997
A6 overbridge, view north (see all photos of the same view)
It's only within the last six months that traffic began to use the new A6 bridge and the cutting beneath it could be fully excavated. For that reason, work here is not yet very far advanced, with heavy plant still on site grading the road bed.
Date
14 February 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
North
Structures visible
Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)
Roads visible
A6 Preston 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...
London Congestion Charge
One of the world's biggest and most controversial schemes to manage traffic by charging for roadspace. You can drive in to London if you like, guv, but it'll cost you.
