A6 overbridge, view south west, 20 July 1995
A6 overbridge, view south west (see all photos of the same view)
A cutting has been formed for the motorway at the right of the picture, and work is now progressing at speed on the bridge that will carry the A6. Until the bridge is complete and carrying traffic, the temporary diversion of the A6 is in the way of the next part of the cutting.
Structure 7 (A6 overbridge)
A6 Preston Road
What's new
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.
The forever bottleneck, part 2
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
The forever bottleneck, part 1
The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.
Have you seen...
To the Limit
Speed limits are more emotive and divisive than almost anything else about the road network. How do you sort the fact from the opinion? And how did we end up with the speed limits we have?
