Hill House Farm overbridge, view west, 16 October 1995
Hill House Farm overbridge, view west (see all photos of the same view)
Some progress has now been made at Hill House Farm, where two bridge abutments and a central pillar have been constructed. Their position puts the long cutting into better context and the width of the new motorway is easier to see.
Date
16 October 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible
Structure 16a (Hill House Farm overbridge)
What's new
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.
The monster seen from below
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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.
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