Rakehead viaduct under construction. 15th January 1970.
The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and originally conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and…
Looking eastwards towards Junction 22 and on into Yorkshire. The M62 is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road is 107 miles (172 km) long; for 7 miles (11 km), it…
Photo was taken just after the motorway opened in 1971. Scammonden Bridge spans the Deanhead cutting carrying the B6114 (the former A6025) Elland to Buckstones road over the M62.
The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway…