View west from Marsh Lane to Sandy Lane, 20 July 1995
View west from Marsh Lane to Sandy Lane (see all photos of the same view)
Marsh Lane crosses the line of the motorway towards the bottom of the picture. A start has yet to be made on the bridge that will carry it, but the shape of the boundary fence reveals where it will be. A new farm track has been built and completed on the right; it will provide access to fields that would otherwise be severed from the farm buildings by the motorway.
Structure 16 (Sandy Lane overbridge)
Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)
Structure 17a (Marsh Farm overbridge)
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