M6 Ray Hall - Wednesbury

Ray Hall Wednesbury

Opened 15 May 1970

Chronology Map for 1970

Route

Start point

Ray Hall

End point

Wednesbury

Road scheme and chronology data is courtesy SABRE (where much of it was gathered by member Ross Spur), with additional data from the UK Motorway Archive, the Scottish Roads Archive and the Northern Ireland Roads Site.

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