View west from Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge to Sandy Lane, 10 January 1996
View west from Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge to Sandy Lane (see all photos of the same view)
The canal bridge is substantially complete; in the distance Marsh Lane bridge is still having its foundations excavated. In the middle of the picture, the shape of the embankment carrying the M65 is now clear, and it is much wider and taller than it strictly needs to be: on both sides, the height of the embankment is built up above the level of the motorway, so the road is partially shielded from its surroundings.
Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)
Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)
What's new
Red, white and blue
Kent County Council is run by eurosceptic nationalists. So why are they putting EU flags on their road signs?
The sunlit uplands
On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.
Grand openings
Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.
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West Cross Route
Desperately-needed but never built, this was one of the only London urban motorway plans that were ever progressed to the construction stage.
