A Bailey bridge being erected across the main channel of the River Great Ouse near Newport Pagnell, during the construction of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (M1)

Date:: 20 Apr 1958

Location:: M1 Motorway, M1, Gayhurst, Milton Keynes

Reference:: JLP01/08/051434

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The caption beneath the corresponding album print states 'The Bailey Bridge being launched is a Double-double, effective span 100'0'', over the Main Ouse channel. 220,000 c/y's of excavated material will be transported over this bridge by Euclids, saving a six mile haul by road. In addition it also makes it possible to travel the full length of B3 Section on the line 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.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

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Keywords

Mid 20th Century Bailey Bridge, Construction, People At Work