View east from Marsh Lane to Leeds-Liverpool Canal, 10 January 1995

View east from Marsh Lane to Leeds-Liverpool Canal (see all photos of the same view)

From this angle it's more obvious that Marsh Lane is now interrupting a cutting and construction of the bridge will enable the rest to be excavated. In the foreground, and in the far distance towards the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, two sections of the motorway now have a first course of tarmac laid.

Date
Direction of view
East
Structures visible

Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)

Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)

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