Gorton Brook culvert, view west, 20 July 1995
Gorton Brook culvert, view west (see all photos of the same view)
This view is looking west from the culvert, but that structure is not actually visible. In the middle of the picture is Gorton Brook underpass, which is mostly complete, but awaiting the motorway embankment to be piled on top of it.
Date
20 July 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible
Structure 15 (Gorton Brook underbridge)
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.
Have you seen...
Driver Location Signs
If you're on the motorway (in England at least) you might have noticed some funny blue signs down the side of the road. What are they for?
