Walton Summit Motorway, looking east, 21 October 1996
Walton Summit Motorway, looking east (see all photos of the same view)
The Walton Summit Motorway is seen here closed to traffic, with some heavy plant positioned on the road and the roundabout in the distance. The M61 interchange is now taking shape, though not all of the new roundabout has yet been laid out.
Date
21 October 1996
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 14/14a (M61 interchange bridges)
Roads visible
M61 motorway
Walton Summit Motorway
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.
Have you seen...
Major incidents
What happens when there's a big accident on a trunk route? Who picks up the pieces, and why does it take so long?
