Cuerden embankment, view north, 3 April 1995

Cuerden embankment, view north (see all photos of the same view)

Lostock culvert can be seen here, complete but not yet covered by earthworks. The watercourse it will carry has not yet been diverted through it.

Date
Direction of view
North
Roads visible

M6 motorway

What's new

The sunlit uplands

On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.

Grand openings

Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.

Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

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The Heads of the Valleys

The A465 Heads of the Valleys Road is one of the most spectacular trunk roads in the UK, and building it required some of the most remarkable civil engineering. This is the story of how the road was built in the 1960s, and how it's being rebuilt today.