Riley Green interchange, view north west, 17 July 1996
Riley Green interchange, view north west (see all photos of the same view)
In the foreground, the new alignment of the A675 approaching the interchange is starting to emerge on the left of the existing road. Beyond, the second bridge for the interchange now has two abutments in place.
Date
17 July 1996
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
North West
Structures visible
Structure 20/20a (Riley Green interchange bridges)
Roads visible
A674 Chorley Road
A675 Bolton Road
What's new
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.
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?
Have you seen...
Above the M8
Go to Glasgow and it's almost inevitable that you'll use the M8. The views of the city surrounding it are really quite unique.
