Stanworth Farm underpass, view east, 17 July 1996

Stanworth Farm underpass, view east (see all photos of the same view)

Looking east towards Stanworth Farm from the underpass, a large part of the road bed is still being used to store material for later use to build embankments. On the right, the borrow pit from which material has been extracted appears to be winding down.

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Direction of view
East
Structures visible

Structure 21 (Stanworth Farm underpass)

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