Title

M6 Motorway, Hyde Lea, Stafford, Staffordshire, 19/07/1961. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a team of men concreting in situ one of the large post-tensioned beams on Bridge 306 (Barn Bank Lane bridge). This road bridge, which is located at SJ9211419999, opened in March 1962.

Date

1961

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_274

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81,2Mb (4,8Mb) / 17,7in x 17,8in / 5311 x 5342 (300dpi)

Keywords

motorway road England work job engineering worker country occupation bridge bridges British English structure beam concrete location infrastructure century Britain profession construction worker concept civil engineering B&W Staffordshire m6 road bridge stafford hopper 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