Hill House Farm overbridge, view west, 2 June 1997
Hill House Farm overbridge, view west (see all photos of the same view)
Hill House Farm bridge, in the foreground, is complete, but work is in progress to install the sign gantry in front of it. To the left, Brindle borrow pit - from which material was excavated to form motorway embankments - has been decommissioned and appears to have been landscaped. It will now be returned to farmland.
Structure 16a (Hill House Farm overbridge)
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