Riley Green interchange, view west, 4 October 1994
Riley Green interchange, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The existing roundabout where the A674 and A675 meet is still in service, with earthworks beginning for the motorway and the realignment of the roads approaching this junction.
Date
4 October 1994
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Roads visible
A674 Chorley Road
A675 Bolton Road
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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Abbreviations
How do you describe a road? One way is to use these engineering abbreviations, much loved by the UK's community of road enthusiasts.
