M6/A6 interchange culvert works, view west, 2 June 1997
M6/A6 interchange culvert works, view west (see all photos of the same view)
Earthworks on the vast embankments surrounding the M6 are now complete, though not yet landscaped and seeded. One of the two sliproads has been laid out and surfaced.
Date
2 June 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Roads visible
A6 Preston Road
M6 motorway
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