View east from Brimmicroft footbridge to Riley Green 1, 17 July 1996
View east from Brimmicroft overbridge to Riley Green (see all photos of the same view)
A base layer of the road surface has been laid all the way from the canal to Riley Green interchange. Across it, in the middle of the picture, one of the two spans of Brimmicroft bridge is now in place.
Structure 19a (Brimmicroft overbridge)
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