View west from Tramway Lane underbridge, 3 April 1995
View west from Tramway Lane underbridge (see all photos of the same view)
The full length of the former M61 link road to the A6 has been closed to traffic, with the new Walton Summit Motorway at the bottom of the picture now carrying traffic to and from the M61. Work has started to build the new line of Tramway Lane across the line of the M65.
Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)
Structure 8 (Tramway Lane underbridge)
Walton Summit Motorway
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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Smart Motorways
Motorways used to be really simple. Now they have electronic signals, variable speed limits, emergency lay-bys, part-time hard shoulders... Just what is so smart about Smart Motorways?
