Sandy Lane overbridge, view north, 2 June 1997

Sandy Lane overbridge, view north (see all photos of the same view)

Sandy Lane bridge has only been completed and brought into use in the last three months. The temporary diversion that carried traffic around the bridge is now cleared away, and work is in progress to complete the motorway underneath on the short section that had been blocked by the diversion.

Date
Direction of view
North
Structures visible

Structure 16 (Sandy Lane overbridge)

Roads visible

B5256 Sandy Lane

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