View east from Brimmicroft footbridge to Riley Green, 20 July 1995
View east from Brimmicroft overbridge to Riley Green (see all photos of the same view)
The site for the combined footbridge and aqueduct at Brimmicroft is now clearly visible, and a pile driver appears to be installing piles to support it.
Date
20 July 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 19a (Brimmicroft overbridge)
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.
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A Piece of History
The lowly and pathetic A6144(M) motorway was downgraded in May 2006. This is the story of the mission to rescue some memorabilia.
