Stanworth rock cutting, view west, 20 July 1995
Stanworth rock cutting, view west (see all photos of the same view)
At the bottom of the picture, some of the rock cutting work can be seen in progress - craggy steps have been formed as layers of rock are cut away. In the distance the motorway formation stretches away towards Preston.
Date
20 July 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
What's new
The long way round
When a road is closed, why isn't the diversion route just the quickest way past the closure?
Signs and sensibility
The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.
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.
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Thelwall Viaduct
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