Walton Summit Motorway, looking east, 4 October 1994
Walton Summit Motorway, looking east (see all photos of the same view)
Date
4 October 1994
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 10a (Brindle Road overbridge, M61)
Structure 14/14a (M61 interchange bridges)
Roads visible
M61 motorway
What's new
A century of motorways
It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.
Schrödinger’s speed limit
In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.
Sorry, wrong number
Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?
Have you seen...
Mixed Signals
During the 1960s the UK developed some of the most sophisticated - and strange - electronic variable message signs anywhere in the world. How? And, just as importantly... why?
