M66 Motorway at Ramsbottom

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The photograph on this page of M66 Motorway at Ramsbottom by Paul Anderson as part of the Geograph project.

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M66 Motorway at Ramsbottom

Image: © Paul Anderson Taken: 19 Jun 2007

This is the M66 looking south just to the east of Ramsbottom. The bus passing over the bridge is on Bury New Road. Image This 'Northern Section' of the M66 was completed and opened to traffic in May 1978. Because of the nature of the rock in this area it was found possible to design the side slopes to a very steep angle of 4 in 1. Blasting was required to excavate the cutting and a pre-splitting technique was specified to obtain an even appearance to the rock face. Source The Motorway Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20150124215637/http://www.ciht.org.uk/motorway/m66buryebp.htm

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