View east from Riley Green interchange to Stanworth rock cutting, 2 June 1997
View east from Riley Green interchange to Stanworth rock cutting (see all photos of the same view)
East from Riley Green the motorway is now looking almost complete, though it stops abruptly at the contract interface, beyond which progress is not so well advanced.
Date
2 June 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 20/20a (Riley Green interchange bridges)
Roads visible
A674 Chorley Road
A675 Bolton Road
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