Sujet

Westway Flyover, A40, Paddington, City of Westminster, London, 01/09/1971. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Westway Flyover, A40, Paddington, City of Westminster, London, 01/09/1971. An elevated view looking west along the route of the Westway Flyover, showing it overhanging the Grand Union Canal and curving to cross the railway near Westbourne Park Station. Work on site for the Western Avenue Extension began on 1st September 1966, and the Westway as it became known was officially opened on 28th July 1970. The elevated highway connecting the A40 at White City to Marylebone Road in Paddington, at around 2 ½ miles, was the longest in Europe. This photograph was taken at grid reference TQ2491181834.

Date

1971

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A18_103

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

99,8Mo (4,3Mo) / 55,9cm x 44,8cm / 6597 x 5288 (300dpi)

Mots clés

traffic transport transportation road London England engineering country British English color curve canal location curved infrastructure century bend dual carriageway flyover Britain civil engineering seventies grand union canal curving Colour Paddington 1970s Construction Industry water transport 20th century City of Westminster TGN photograph road building A40 Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc roadbuilding John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co Westway