Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram A58(M) Britain's first city centre motorway, which opened in 1964 🛣️ The route from Hull to Liverpool via Bradford and Manchester used to go through the centre of Leeds 🐌 (before the M62 was built in the 70s), this road was built to improve matters🏎️ I took this shot when the opportunity presented itself from a grimy window, it isn't great but it shows the motorway as it enters the Westgate cut and cover tunnel. The road was designed as a dual carriageway, but was redesignated as a motorway before opening with no design changes (probably explains the 40mph limit along its entire length). Interestingly the roof of the tunnel here is covered with grass and has several trees growing on it 🌳 After this grassy section it goes underneath Leeds General Infirmary 🏥 The council was so proud of its roads that it branded itself as "Motorway City of the Seventies" which even featured on postmarks ✉️ #motorway #a58m #leedsinnerringroad #greenroof #roadtunnel #leedsgeneralinfirmary #leedsmotorwaycityoftheseventies #leeds #historicroads A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Aug 8, 2019 at 10:46am PDT
A58(M) Britain's first city centre motorway, which opened in 1964 🛣️ The route from Hull to Liverpool via Bradford and Manchester used to go through the centre of Leeds 🐌 (before the M62 was built in the 70s), this road was built to improve matters🏎️ I took this shot when the opportunity presented itself from a grimy window, it isn't great but it shows the motorway as it enters the Westgate cut and cover tunnel. The road was designed as a dual carriageway, but was redesignated as a motorway before opening with no design changes (probably explains the 40mph limit along its entire length). Interestingly the roof of the tunnel here is covered with grass and has several trees growing on it 🌳 After this grassy section it goes underneath Leeds General Infirmary 🏥 The council was so proud of its roads that it branded itself as "Motorway City of the Seventies" which even featured on postmarks ✉️ #motorway #a58m #leedsinnerringroad #greenroof #roadtunnel #leedsgeneralinfirmary #leedsmotorwaycityoftheseventies #leeds #historicroads
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Aug 8, 2019 at 10:46am PDT
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