View west from Marsh Lane to Sandy Lane, 2 June 1997
View west from Marsh Lane to Sandy Lane (see all photos of the same view)
Marsh Lane is at the bottom of this picture. In the distance, at Sandy Lane, work is happening at a rapid pace to close the gap in the otherwise mostly complete motorway formation.
Date
2 June 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible
Structure 16 (Sandy Lane overbridge)
Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)
Roads visible
B5256 Sandy Lane
What's new
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?
The road that made no sense
It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
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Aust to Beachley
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