M1 Motorway at Watford Gap, 1961
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M1 Motorway at Watford Gap, 1961
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 24 Apr 1961
View SE, towards London: the embryonic Services are just behind on each side - but where is the traffic?! The Motorway had already been open for 18 months - to Birmingham.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.306942
Longitude
-1.12215