A view of the Westway Flyover from below, showing where the deck almost touches the corner of a building on Torquay Street

Date:: 9 Jul 1970

Location:: Westway Flyover, A40, Paddington, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W2

Reference:: JLP01/08/084882

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

Work on site for the Western Avenue Extension began on the 1st September 1966, and the Westway as it became known was officially opened on the 28th July 1970. The elevated highway connecting the A40 at White City to Marylebone Road in Paddington, at around 2 ½ miles, was the longest in Europe. Consulting engineers G Maunsell & Partners designed the road project for the Greater London Council and John Laing & Son undertook the construction. It was organised into six sections. Sections 1, 4, 5 & 6 formed the main flyover into central London with Sections 2 & 3 being the West Cross Route, running south from the junction in Section 1 near Latimer Road to Shepherds Bush. The management offices for Sections 4 and 5 were located in Torquay Street. This photograph was taken at grid reference TQ2555981658.

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

Late 20th Century Flyover, Road Transport, Construction