Hill House Farm and Sandy Lane overbridges, view east, 3 April 1995

Hill House Farm and Sandy Lane overbridges, view east (see all photos of the same view)

The new diversion of Sandy Lane is visible at the bottom of the picture, but work to build the new bridge on the line of the existing road has not yet started. In the distance, at Hill House Farm, progress has yet to be made on the bridge.

Date
Direction of view
East
Structures visible

Structure 16 (Sandy Lane overbridge)

Structure 16a (Hill House Farm overbridge)

Roads visible

B5256 Sandy Lane

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