View west from Tramway Lane underbridge, 20 July 1995
View west from Tramway Lane underbridge (see all photos of the same view)
The old A6 link road from the M61 has been torn up entirely, but its road bed is now being used by construction traffic. In the foreground the foundations for the bridge that will carry the M65 over Tramway Lane are a large rectangular pond.
Structure 8 (Tramway Lane underbridge)
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