Marsh Farm overbridge, view north, 10 January 1996
Marsh Farm overbridge, view north (see all photos of the same view)
The two bridge abutments are now complete; in the centre of the future motorway, scaffolding supports the shuttering where concrete has been poured for the central pillar.
Structure 17a (Marsh Farm overbridge)
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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.
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Major incidents
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