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Preston Bypass EAW073974Preston Bypass, Lancashire. Britains first motorway under construction, photographed in November 1958. It was opened by Harold MacMillan in December
M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_078126EDEN, CUMBRIA. A team of two working on a box culvert during the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge. The work on the Lune Gorge section of the M6 Motorway between Killington
Spaghetti Junction EAW220279Gravelly Hills Interchange, Birmingham. Junction 6 on the M6 motorway meets the A38 and A5127 in a complex known as " Spaghetti Junction"
M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_081804EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing dump trucks on the haul road leading from the Lawtland House viaduct and Roger Howe bridge
Keele Services JLP01_01_165_31M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view looking north towards Structure 347A at the Keele Service Area of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_081805TEBAY, EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge near Jeffreys Mount, showing the motorway crossing the River Lune
Angle grader JLP01_08_081817SOUTH LAKELAND, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing an angle grader at work on the motorway with a Laing worker standing at the controls
Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_079743TEBAY, EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing the building of a bridge across the River Lune
Earthmoving JLP01_08_069478South Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6, showing earthmoving vehicles working on a section of the motorway
Culvert construction JLP01_08_068853ASouth Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6, showing a team of workers gathered around a concrete culvert
Chipping spreader JLP01_08_063668STAFFORDSHIRE. A close-up of a chipping spreader in operation during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Subsurfacing JLP01_08_062547Stafford, Staffordshire. " A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers laying a concrete bound granular base course on Section B of
Making bridge beams JLP01_08_062544STAFFORDSHIRE. A team of workers making a prestressed concrete bridge beam during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Adjusting jacks JLP01_08_062540STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a worker watching another worker adjusting 200-ton jacks in preparation for lowering the beam on Bridge
Making bridge beams JLP01_08_062538STAFFORDSHIRE. A team of workers making prestressed concrete bridge beams during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Lightweight bridge deck JLP01_08_060930STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of Lytag being used as infill on Bridge 360 during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Lightweight bridge deck JLP01_08_060929STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of Lytag being used as infill on Bridge 360 during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060686Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers laying dry lean concrete to the north of the Section B office
Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060685Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers laying dry lean concrete to the north of the Section B office
Excavator and dump truck JLP01_08_059930STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of excavations being carried out on the route of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a excavator loading a dump truck with excavated material
Tree clearance JLP01_08_059352aStafford, Staffordshire. Two men felling trees on a piece of land destined to become part of Section A of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Narrow gauge JLP01_08_059840STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of the construction of a structure, probably on Section B of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing an engine on a narrow gauge railway
Compacting JLP01_01_172_141STAFFORDSHIRE. A worker driving a Stothert & Pitt Vibroll 32R Mk1 machine, a vibrating roller used to compact roads, seen during the construction of the Staffordshire section of the Birmingham to
Marginal haunches JLP01_01_172_037Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of marginal haunches on Section B of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6) at chainage 3, 000 of the southbound carriageway
Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_083582TEBAY, EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing the Roger Howe bridge in the foreground, carrying the A685 over the River Lune
Grass cutting JLP01_01_164_23STAFFORDSHIRE. Two Laing workers cutting grass on a section of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6) between Junction 13 and Junction 16, using a tractor with a boom machine attachment
M6 under construction JLP01_08_064260M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing Structure 348/Fb the entrance into Trentham Park
M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Asphalt surfacing JLP01_08_063000M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A general view looking north on the Stafford By-pass during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Surfacing the hard shoulder JLP01_01_172_095M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of workers surfacing the hard shoulder at Hanchurch
Percussion drilling rig JLP01_01_172_003M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. Two workers operating a percussion drilling rig during the construction of Section C of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
M6 Motorway construction JLP01_01_164_26M6 Motorway, M6, Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. An aerial view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), north of Hanchurch
M6 completed JLP01_08_065787M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view looking south along Section C of the recently completed Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6) near Trentham Park
M6 completed JLP01_08_066490M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view looking north along Section C of the recently completed Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6) near Trentham Park
Overbridge JLP01_08_062790M6 Motorway, M6, Stone, Stone Rural, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Section B of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Nantwich Road bridge JLP01_08_062788M6 Motorway, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Section D2 of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Bridge works JLP01_08_062781M6 Motorway, M6, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_059434M6 Motorway, M6, Doxey, Seighford, Stafford, Staffordshire. An aerial view from the east showing the construction of Section A of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), including structures 1b/318
Keele Services JLP01_08_064262M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view across the Keele Service Area during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Excavation JLP01_01_172_067M6 Motorway, M6, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Stafford By-pass on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081831M6 Motorway, M6, Tebay, Eden, Cumbria. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge at Borrowbeck Viaduct
Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069215aM6 Motorway, M6, Penkridge, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6
Keele Services JLP01_08_066871M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view looking south-east across the Keele Service Area towards Structure 348 on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway
Keele Services JLP01_08_066870M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view looking west across the Keele Service Area on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
M6 Construction Lune Gorge JLP01_08_083571M6 Motorway, M6, Grayrigg, South Lakeland, Cumbria. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, looking north along a stepped part of the motorway towards Low Borrowbridge
Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081834M6 Motorway, M6, Tebay, Eden, Cumbria. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge at Borrowbeck Viaduct
M6 Construction Lune Gorge JLP01_08_083561M6 Motorway, M6, Grayrigg, South Lakeland, Cumbria. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing two men in a truck-mounted hydraulic lifting platform
M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_76M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), looking south-east at Waltons Wood near Madeley Heath