View east from Brimmicroft footbridge to Riley Green, 2 June 1997
View east from Brimmicroft overbridge to Riley Green (see all photos of the same view)
Brimmicroft bridge is now nearly complete, and carries both a footpath and a piped stream. The path of the pipeline carrying the stream can be seen in the fields to the left and right. In the foreground, posts have been installed in the verge for one of the advance direction signs for Riley Green Interchange.
Structure 19a (Brimmicroft overbridge)
Structure 20/20a (Riley Green interchange bridges)
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