Road workers standing beside a concrete mixer lorry during construction of Section D of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)
- Date:
- 9 May 1963
- Location:
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
- Reference:
- JLP01/01/165/45
- Type:
- Photograph (Print)
The work on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), between junctions J13 to J16 started in June 1960 and was carried out by John Laing Construction Ltd. Section D was 7 1/2 miles in length between Keele and Barthomley. The photograph is looking north along a slip road on the east side of Section D of the motorway .
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/165 Construction of the M6 Motorway; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Mid 20th Century Motorway, Construction, People At Work
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