Cuerden footbridge, view west, 12 January 1995
Cuerden footbridge, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The new footbridge is now well under way with a bridge deck clearly in place. A lorry has broken down on the M6 to the left.
Date
12 January 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible
Structure 6a (Cuerden footbridge, M6)
Roads visible
M6 motorway
What's new
Signs and sensibility
The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.
A bridge under troubled bridges
A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.
The monster seen from below
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
Have you seen...
EuroRoute
Today you can catch a train to France. You can even put your car on it, and be there in less than an hour. But in the 1980s, Euro Tunnel had competition - including plans to build a motorway across the English Channel.
