M61 interchange, view west, 17 July 1996
M61 interchange, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The course of the whole motorway west from the M61 to its terminus at Bamber Bridge can be seen here. In the foreground, kerblines now mark out the shape of the interchange and its sliproads.
Structure 14/14a (M61 interchange bridges)
M61 motorway
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