Hill House Farm overbridge, view west, 20 July 1995

Hill House Farm overbridge, view west (see all photos of the same view)

This view along the motorway formation towards the M61 mostly shows earthworks in the process of being formed; in the middle distance, a length of embankment appears to have reached its final height, but to either side there is much more work to be done.

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Direction of view
West

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