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M6 Motorway
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31-03-1963.-Smithy Brook area.-Looking North.
Photo: Barrie.
Photo: Barrie.
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Item #: 29062
Item #: 29062
Newly laid CBGB (cement bound granular base) to carriageway. In the distance can be seen Orrell Mount bridge.
Comment by: Garry on 20th February 2017 at 14:57
No central crash barriers fitted, it was an accident waiting to happen, when one vehicle would get out of control (ie tyre blowout) and enter the other side of the motorway in the opposite direction. It wasn't long before the government had to install crash barriers. How right they were.
Comment by: Hoace on 20th February 2017 at 20:29
Where abouts is Smithy Brook please ?
Comment by: Jack on 20th February 2017 at 21:24
This is where Jct 26/M58 Interchange now is.
Smithy Brook is a small stream that is now culverted at this point
Comment by: Barrie. on 21st February 2017 at 11:10
If you go onto Google Maps (satellite view) and zoom in onto jct 26, Smithy Brook is shown. On the photograph, between the camera and Orrell Bridge you can see a white strip across the carriageway and that is the Edgewood Hall bridge deck where the now M58 link road passes under the M6
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