M6 interchange, view east, 2 June 1997
M6 interchange, view east (see all photos of the same view)
A huge number of vehicles and plant are on site here, mostly working on the remaining grading and installation works to enable the rest of the roundabout and the sliproads on the left to be constructed.
Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)
M6 motorway
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Harry Yeadon
A civil engineer, working principally in the North West of England, responsible for many of the area's motorways.
