Title

M6 Motorway, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire, 18/07/1961. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

A view of the construction of Structure 306 (Barn Bank Lane bridge) on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a worker carrying out stressing of the prestressed concrete. This road bridge, which is located at SJ9211419999, opened in March 1962.

Date

1961

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_270

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

101,5Mb (4,1Mb) / 22,5in x 17,6in / 6740 x 5265 (300dpi)

Keywords

motorway road England people male work job man men engineering worker country guy occupation bridge bridges British English structure concrete location infrastructure century Britain profession construction worker concept civil engineering B&W Staffordshire m6 road bridge stafford Sixties Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century workers TGN working photograph road building Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc roadbuilding Barn Bank Lane Bridge