A6 overbridge, view east, 20 July 1995
A6 overbridge, view east (see all photos of the same view)
The new A6 bridge is at the very bottom of the picture. Beyond it the corridor the motorway will follow through Walton Summit is visible, stretching away to the M65.
Date
20 July 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)
Structure 8 (Tramway Lane underbridge)
Roads visible
A6 Preston Road
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.
