Cuerden embankment, view west, 4 October 1994
Cuerden embankment, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The site of the future Cuerden embankment - a tall earthwork wide enough to support an eight lane motorway - is here just open ground with topsoil removed. A culvert has already been mostly built, indicating the width of the base of the future embankment.
Date
4 October 1994
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible
Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)
Roads visible
M6 motorway
What's new
The long way round
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A bridge under troubled bridges
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