M62 motorway - junction 5 bridges
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M62 motorway - junction 5 bridges
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 17 Jan 2012
Junctions 4-6 on the M62 were constructed a year later than the section between junction 6-10. Junction 5's bridges are to a noticeably different design compared to other junctions, omitting the central pillar which was by the early 1970s considered a collision/collapse hazard.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.407613
Longitude
-2.86837