M74 Northern Extension construction
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M74 Northern Extension construction
Image: © Thomas Nugent Taken: 6 Jan 2010
The site between Turriff Street and Devon Street has been cleared to make way for the new motorway. The former Abbotsford primary school (by architects Hugh and David Barclay) survives as Abbotsford House office complex, but will soon be dwarfed by the elevated motorway, support columns for which are on the left. The 1984 Tour de France "King of the Mountains" winner Robert Millar attended Abbotsford for four years in the early 1960s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Millar http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6053
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Image Location
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