Brindle Road overbridge, view east, 16 October 1995
Brindle Road overbridge, view east (see all photos of the same view)
The new bridge is seen here relatively close up and its near-complete state is easy to see. The nearer of the two approach ramps is also nearly finished. Above, the old Brindle Road bridge stands in the way of one of the bridges of hte new interchange but cannot be demolished until the new one is ready.
Structure 10a (Brindle Road overbridge, M61)
M61 motorway
What's new
The monster seen from below
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
The road that made no sense
It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
The forever bottleneck, part 2
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
Have you seen...
Reigate Tunnel
An unassuming Surrey market town with an amazing claim to fame — the world's first road tunnel.
