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M6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection

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Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Preston Bypass EAW073974

Preston Bypass EAW073974
Preston Bypass, Lancashire. Britains first motorway under construction, photographed in November 1958. It was opened by Harold MacMillan in December

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_078126

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_078126
EDEN, CUMBRIA. A team of two working on a box culvert during the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Spaghetti Junction EAW220279

Spaghetti Junction EAW220279
Gravelly Hills Interchange, Birmingham. Junction 6 on the M6 motorway meets the A38 and A5127 in a complex known as " Spaghetti Junction"

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_081804

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_081804
EDEN, 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Keele Services JLP01_01_165_31

Keele Services JLP01_01_165_31
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Chipping spreader JLP01_08_063668

Chipping spreader JLP01_08_063668
STAFFORDSHIRE. A close-up of a chipping spreader in operation during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 completed JLP01_08_066490

M6 completed JLP01_08_066490
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Keele Services JLP01_08_066871

Keele Services JLP01_08_066871
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_081805

Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_081805
TEBAY, EDEN, CUMBRIA

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Angle grader JLP01_08_081817

Angle grader JLP01_08_081817
SOUTH 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_079743

Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_079743
TEBAY, EDEN, CUMBRIA

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Earthmoving JLP01_08_069478

Earthmoving JLP01_08_069478
South 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Culvert construction JLP01_08_068853A

Culvert construction JLP01_08_068853A
South 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Subsurfacing JLP01_08_062547

Subsurfacing JLP01_08_062547
Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Making bridge beams JLP01_08_062544

Making bridge beams JLP01_08_062544
STAFFORDSHIRE. A team of workers making a prestressed concrete bridge beam during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Adjusting jacks JLP01_08_062540

Adjusting jacks JLP01_08_062540
STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Making bridge beams JLP01_08_062538

Making bridge beams JLP01_08_062538
STAFFORDSHIRE. A team of workers making prestressed concrete bridge beams during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Lightweight bridge deck JLP01_08_060930

Lightweight bridge deck JLP01_08_060930
STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of Lytag being used as infill on Bridge 360 during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Lightweight bridge deck JLP01_08_060929

Lightweight bridge deck JLP01_08_060929
STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of Lytag being used as infill on Bridge 360 during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060686

Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060686
Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060685

Subsurfacing JLP01_08_060685
Stafford, 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Excavator and dump truck JLP01_08_059930

Excavator and dump truck JLP01_08_059930
STAFFORDSHIRE. 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Tree clearance JLP01_08_059352a

Tree clearance JLP01_08_059352a
Stafford, Staffordshire. Two men felling trees on a piece of land destined to become part of Section A of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Narrow gauge JLP01_08_059840

Narrow gauge JLP01_08_059840
STAFFORDSHIRE. 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Compacting JLP01_01_172_141

Compacting JLP01_01_172_141
STAFFORDSHIRE. A worker driving a Stothert & Pitt Vibroll 32R Mk1 machine, a vibrating roller used to compact roads

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Marginal haunches JLP01_01_172_037

Marginal haunches JLP01_01_172_037
Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_083582

Bridging the Lune JLP01_08_083582
TEBAY, EDEN, CUMBRIA

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Grass cutting JLP01_01_164_23

Grass cutting JLP01_01_164_23
STAFFORDSHIRE. 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 under construction JLP01_08_064260

M6 under construction JLP01_08_064260
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257

M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Asphalt surfacing JLP01_08_063000

Asphalt surfacing JLP01_08_063000
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Surfacing the hard shoulder JLP01_01_172_095

Surfacing the hard shoulder JLP01_01_172_095
M6 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Percussion drilling rig JLP01_01_172_003

Percussion drilling rig JLP01_01_172_003
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_01_164_26

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_01_164_26
M6 Motorway, M6, Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 completed JLP01_08_065787

M6 completed JLP01_08_065787
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Overbridge JLP01_08_062790

Overbridge JLP01_08_062790
M6 Motorway, M6, Stone, Stone Rural, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Nantwich Road bridge JLP01_08_062788

Nantwich Road bridge JLP01_08_062788
M6 Motorway, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Bridge works JLP01_08_062781

Bridge works JLP01_08_062781
M6 Motorway, M6, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_059434

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_059434
M6 Motorway, M6, Doxey, Seighford, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Keele Services JLP01_08_064262

Keele Services JLP01_08_064262
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Excavation JLP01_01_172_067

Excavation JLP01_01_172_067
M6 Motorway, M6, Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081831

Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081831
M6 Motorway, M6, Tebay, Eden, Cumbria

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069215a

Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069215a
M6 Motorway, M6, Penkridge, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Keele Services JLP01_08_066870

Keele Services JLP01_08_066870
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_12

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_12
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), looking north-west at Waltons Wood near Madeley Heath

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Construction Lune Gorge JLP01_08_083571

M6 Construction Lune Gorge JLP01_08_083571
M6 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

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081834

Borrowbeck Viaduct JLP01_08_081834
M6 Motorway, M6, Tebay, Eden, Cumbria

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Construction Lune Gorge JLP01_08_083561

M6 Construction Lune Gorge JLP01_08_083561
M6 Motorway, M6, Grayrigg, South Lakeland, Cumbria

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_76

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_76
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_58

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_58
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_39

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_39
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), looking north-west at Waltons Wood near Madeley Heath

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_36

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_165_36
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_08_059936

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_08_059936
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_08_059440

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_08_059440
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_172_034

M6 construction Madeley Heath JLP01_01_172_034
M6 Motorway, M6, Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Earthmoving JLP01_08_063398

Earthmoving JLP01_08_063398
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Laing construction vehicles carrying out earthmoving on Section D of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Mixer lorry JLP01_01_165_45

Mixer lorry JLP01_01_165_45
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_059933

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_059933
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_059932

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_059932
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Laying base course JLP01_01_165_47

Laying base course JLP01_01_165_47
M6 Motorway, Junction 16, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Building M6 Junction 16 JLP01_01_165_23

Building M6 Junction 16 JLP01_01_165_23
M6 Motorway, Junction 16, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_01_164_19

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_01_164_19
M6 Motorway, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060500

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060500
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060498

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060498
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060469

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060469
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Keele cutting JLP01_08_059934

Keele cutting JLP01_08_059934
M6 Motorway, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060467

Barn Bank Lane bridge JLP01_08_060467
M6 Motorway, M6, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Bridge deck JLP01_08_059521

Bridge deck JLP01_08_059521
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Road and rail JLP01_08_059517

Road and rail JLP01_08_059517
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Surveying JLP01_08_059482

Surveying JLP01_08_059482
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Rail and road JLP01_08_059480

Rail and road JLP01_08_059480
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Stafford Bypass JLP01_01_172_069

Stafford Bypass JLP01_01_172_069
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Stafford Bypass JLP01_01_172_068

Stafford Bypass JLP01_01_172_068
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Cresswell Viaduct JLP01_01_164_21

Cresswell Viaduct JLP01_01_164_21
M6 Motorway, Cresswell Viaduct, M6, Cresswell, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Opening ceremony JLP01_08_67247A

Opening ceremony JLP01_08_67247A
M6 Motorway, Knutsford Service Area, Knutsford, Tabley Superior, Cheshire East, Cheshire East. The Rt. Hon

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Opening ceremony JLP01_08_67241

Opening ceremony JLP01_08_67241
M6 Motorway, Knutsford Service Area, Knutsford, Tabley Superior, Cheshire East, Cheshire East

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Junction 14 JLP01_08_065790

M6 Junction 14 JLP01_08_065790
M6 Motorway, Junction 14, M6, Creswell, Stafford, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Opening ceremony JLP01_08_67240

Opening ceremony JLP01_08_67240
M6 Motorway, Knutsford Service Area, Knutsford, Tabley Superior, Cheshire East, Cheshire East. William Kirby Laing with the Rt. Hon

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Planning the M6 JLP01_08_058593

Planning the M6 JLP01_08_058593
JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_078138

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_078138
EDEN, CUMBRIA. Two men blasting and drilling rocks during the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_079755

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_079755
EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing the building of a bridge across a stream or river

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_079762

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_079762
EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing the building of a viaduct, probably the Lawtland House viaduct which carries the A685 over the M6

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069472

Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069472
M6 Motorway, M6, Penkridge, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire

Background imageM6 Motorway Rights Managed Collection: Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069470

Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069470
M6 Motorway, M6, Penkridge, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire


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