View west from Tramway Lane underbridge, 12 January 1995

View west from Tramway Lane underbridge (see all photos of the same view)

The full length of the M61 link road that has been closed and ripped up is visible here, with churned up earth on both sides marking out the width of the future motorway cutting.

Date
Direction of view
West

What's new

The sunlit uplands

On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.

Grand openings

Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.

Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

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