Construction of a new footbridge
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Construction of a new footbridge
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 21 Apr 2022
The photo shows one of the concrete bridge piers, and a section of the new bridge behind it, which is being built over the A45 as part of a scheme to improve traffic congestion around J6 of the M42 just to the east. That scheme effectively involves a new 'link road' from the M42 a mile or so to the south of here, cutting generally northwards to join into the A45 at the existing Bickenhill interchange. The idea is to reduce congestion at the busy M42/A45 roundabout, by allowing traffic from the south to head directly into Birmingham. The village of Bickenhill will effectively become isolated in a triangle of motorways/dual carriageways, and presumably this footbridge is intended to reduce that isolation, slightly.
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Image Location
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52.44436
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-1.718511