Title

M6 Motorway, Cresswell Viaduct, M6, Cresswell, Stafford, Staffordshire, 07/1962. Creators: Aerofilms, Aero Pictorial Limited.

Caption

An aerial view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing the Creswell Viaduct crossing the Stafford-Crewe main railway line and the River Sow. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Date

1962

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21A84_318

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

105,7Mb (4,2Mb) / 22,6in x 18,1in / 6789 x 5444 (300dpi)

Keywords

traffic transport transportation motorway road UK England railways engineering country bridge bridges British English railway structure railway line location infrastructure century railway tracks Britain train track railway track civil engineering viaduct B&W Staffordshire aerial view m6 road bridge Sixties Construction Industry bird's eye view black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century TGN photograph road building John Aerofilms Historic England Laing roadbuilding Creswell Viaduct Aero Pictorial Limited John Laing plc