View east from Riley Green interchange to Stanworth rock cutting, 2 June 1997
View east from Riley Green interchange to Stanworth rock cutting (see all photos of the same view)
East from Riley Green the motorway is now looking almost complete, though it stops abruptly at the contract interface, beyond which progress is not so well advanced.
Date
2 June 1997
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 20/20a (Riley Green interchange bridges)
Roads visible
A674 Chorley Road
A675 Bolton Road
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...
Alley by gaslight
Some of Central London's quieter streets are still, surprisingly, lit by old and rather beautiful gas lanterns. Here are a few, by day and by night.
