A49 underbridge, view west, 2 June 1997
A49 underbridge, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The roundabout and motorway carriageways leading to it are now complete, though the surface and road markings are hard to make out beneath a layer of mud and dust from the landscaping works in the central reservation. Signs have been installed in the last few months.
Date
2 June 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible
Structure 5 (A49 underbridge)
Roads visible
A49 Wigan 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.
