Cuerden embankment, view north, 3 April 1995
Cuerden embankment, view north (see all photos of the same view)
Lostock culvert can be seen here, complete but not yet covered by earthworks. The watercourse it will carry has not yet been diverted through it.
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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?
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.
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Mickleham Bends
Once it was one of the UK's most dangerous roads — just what is so special about a bit of dual carriageway in Surrey?
