Walton Summit Motorway, looking east, 14 February 1997
Walton Summit Motorway, looking east (see all photos of the same view)
Surface has now been laid on parts of the motorway and the junction, but in other places - like the approach to the viaduct in the middle of the picture - earthworks and final grading have yet to be finished.
Structure 14/14a (M61 interchange bridges)
M61 motorway
Walton Summit Motorway
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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?
The road that made no sense
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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Above the M8
Go to Glasgow and it's almost inevitable that you'll use the M8. The views of the city surrounding it are really quite unique.
