A6 overbridge, view east 1, 16 October 1995

A6 overbridge, view east (see all photos of the same view)

Supports for the new A6 overbridge are complete and the first steel bridge spans are on site, though have not yet been lifted into place. Excavation of the motorway cutting is now clearly being held up by the diverted course of the A6, and cannot continue until the bridge is in service.

Date
Direction of view
East
Structures visible

Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)

Roads visible

A6 Preston Road

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The sunlit uplands

On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.

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