View west from M61 towards Tramway Lane, 12 December 1997

View west from M61 towards Tramway Lane (see all photos of the same view)

The M61 interchange is already open to traffic, because of the need to allow movements between the Walton Summit Motorway and the M61. The sliproads to and from the M65 are blocked until the road opens in another few days.

Date
12 December 1997 (see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
West
Structures visible

Structure 14/14a (M61 interchange bridges)

Roads visible

M61 motorway

Walton Summit Motorway

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?

Share this page

Have you seen...

To the Limit

Speed limits are more emotive and divisive than almost anything else about the road network. How do you sort the fact from the opinion? And how did we end up with the speed limits we have?