View east from Marsh Lane to Leeds-Liverpool Canal, 16 October 1995
View east from Marsh Lane to Leeds-Liverpool Canal (see all photos of the same view)
Progress on earthworks on this length of the project has been rapid in the last few months. Between Marsh Farm and Riley Green, not only are embankments complete and faced with newly-seeded grass, but the road bed is now forming on long lengths.
Structure 17 (Marsh Lane overbridge)
Structure 19 (Leeds-Liverpool Canal underbridge)
What's new
Farewell GLC lights
Why am I all nostalgic about some street lights being replaced?
Silver bullet
The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?
Skid Risk, Accident, Fog
For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.
Have you seen...
Opening booklets
In days gone by, new roads were often celebrated with a grand opening ceremony and the issue of a commemorative booklet heralding the exciting new highway. You'll find some of them here, complete with a glimpse of all that empty tarmac and a healthy dose of modernist optimism.
