Volume: Construction of the Medway Towns Motor Road or the M2 / M20
- Date:
- 1 May 1962 - 17 Jul 1963
- Location:
- Reference:
- JLP01/01/128
- Type:
- Volume Containing Photographic Material
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Description
Photograph album containing 133 black and white prints documenting the construction of the M2 / M20. John Laing and Son Ltd were contracted to build 28 bridges along the route and images showing the construction of to near completion of the following are included:
Strippington Road Bridge Silver Street Bridge Primrose Lane Bridge Clockhouse Bridge Champion Court Drive Bridge Sharstead Farm Access Bridge Hunt Kennels Bridge Well Lane Bridge Stiff Street Bridge Broad Oak Bridge Ruins Barn Bridge Rawling Street Bridge Lynstead Road Bridge Chesnut Wood Farm Access Bridge Painters Forstal Road Bridge Hutton Lane Bridge Brogdale Road Bridge Salters Lane Bridge St Catherines Farm Bridge Sawpit Road Bridge Sellinge Road Bridge Westwood Court Bridge.
Also included are images of Bottom Pond Viaduct, the A251 and Brenley Corner interchanges, the Brenley Orchard Cattle Creep, and photographs showing earthworks, hard shoulder plant and Hy-mac excavator at work.
Content
This is part of the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
This Volume contains the following materials:
Rights
Contact Historic England Archive
Keywords
Mid 20th Century Motorway, Road Transport, Construction