A team of workers gathered around a concrete culvert during construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6

Date:
Jun 1964
Location:
South Staffordshire, Staffordshire
Reference:
JLP01/08/068853A
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The work on the Midland Link section of the M6 Motorway between Dunston to Shareshill (Junction 13 - Junction 11) was carried out by the Civil Engineering Division of the John Laing Construction Ltd. The motorway opened to traffic on March 14th 1966.

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

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Motorway, Mid 20th Century Culvert, Construction, People At Work