Terminal roundabout, view north, 17 July 1996
Terminal roundabout, view north (see all photos of the same view)
The temporary course used by diverted traffic can be seen along the link road and around the left side of the roundabout. In the distance, the road bed has been laid for the second carriageway on the A6, but it doesn't yet have a surface.
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