Scammonden Dam, 1970 - RCF00160
M62, Scammonden, Street Names
Postcard, picture taken during the construction of the M62.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - Roy Collinge Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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English (U.K.)
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RCF00160.jpg
M62 Littleborough - PNH00225
Littleborough, M62, Moors, Motorway, Rakehead Viaduct, Street Names, Transport
Rakehead viaduct under construction. 15th January 1970.
The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and originally conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway also absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, the motorway cost approximately £765 million to build. The motorway is relatively busy, with an average daily traffic flow of 144,000 vehicles in Yorkshire, and has several areas prone to gridlock, in particular, between Leeds and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.
Halifax Courier
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - Pennine Heritage Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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PNH00225.tif
Underneath the Pennine Way - MIC00113
Bridge, Footbridge, M62, Pennine Way, Street Names
A support for the footbridge over the M62.
Michael Clarke
Pennine Heritage
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1980s
Pennine Heritage
PHDA - Michael Clarke Collection
MIC00113.tif
Pennine Way Bridge - MIC00112
Bridge, Footbridge, M62, Pennine Way, Street Names
Footbridge over the M62.
Michael Clarke
Pennine Heritage
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1980s
Pennine Heritage
PHDA - Michael Clarke Collection
MIC00112.tif
Pennine Way Bridge - MIC00111
Bridge, Footbridge, M62, Pennine Way, Street Names
Footbridge over the M62.
Michael Clarke
Pennine Heritage
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1980s
Pennine Heritage
PHDA - Michael Clarke Collection
MIC00111.tif
M62 - MIC00109
M62, Moors, Street Names, Transport
Looking eastwards towards Junction 22 and on into Yorkshire. The M62 is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road is 107 miles (172 km) long; for 7 miles (11 km), it shares its route with the M60 orbital motorway around Manchester. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 (Shannon to Saint Petersburg) and E22 (Holyhead to Ishim, Russia). The first section was opened in 1971.
The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and originally conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway also absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, the motorway cost approximately £765 million to build. The motorway is relatively busy, with an average daily traffic flow of 144,000 vehicles in Yorkshire, and has several areas prone to gridlock, in particular, between Leeds and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.
Michael Clarke
Pennine Heritage
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1980s
Pennine Heritage
PHDA - Michael Clarke Collection
MIC00109.tif
M62 - TWA00260
Buildings, Construction, Crane, Cranes, M62, Street Names, Tom Walker
The start of the construction of the M62
Tom Walker
Olwen Forest
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1960 , 1960s
Olwen Forest
PHDA - Tom Walker Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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TWA00260.tif
Construction of a bridge over M62 - TWA00114
Bridge, Buildings, Construction, Crane, Cranes, M62, Street Names, Tom Walker
Construction of a bridge over M62
Tom Walker
Olwen Forest
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1960 , 1960s
Olwen Forest
PHDA - Tom Walker Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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English (U.K.)
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TWA00114.tif
Bridge over M62 - TWA00113
Bridge, Buildings, Construction, Crane, Cranes, M62, Street Names, Tom Walker
Construction of Scammonden bridge over the M62 in the late 1960s.
Tom Walker
Olwen Forest
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1960 , 1960s
Olwen Forest
PHDA - Tom Walker Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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TWA00113.tif
David Fletcher above the M62 - DEF00203
M62, Moors, Reservoir, Street Names, Transport
A recalcitrant farmer reputedly held out for better compensation and ended up on an island between the two motorway carriageways.
Unknown
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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PHDA - David Fletcher Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
TIFF file 8-bit
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DEF00203.tif
Ainley Top Bridge - HLS01324
Ainleys, Architecture, Drawing, Halifax, Halifax Courier Ltd., M62, Places, Sketch, Street Names, Whitehaughs
The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.
The way into Elland over Ainley Top runs through the massive arch of the Whitehaughs Bridge which carries the six lanes of the Pennine motorway along Elland
John L Berbiers
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PHDA - Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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HLS01324.tif
Scammonden Reservoir & M62 - DMC00354
Information Sign, M62, Scammonden Reservoir, Street Names
David Martin
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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David Martin
PHDA - David Martin Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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DMC00354.TIF
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M62 Motorway looking West - DMC00342
M62, Scammonden, Street Names
Photo was taken just after the motorway opened in 1971. Scammonden Bridge spans the Deanhead cutting carrying the B6114 (the former A6025) Elland to Buckstones road over the M62.
David Martin
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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David Martin
PHDA - David Martin Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
TIFF file 8-bit
English (U.K.)
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DMC00342.TIF
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M62, Birch Services - DTA00103
M62, Motorway, Street Names, Transport, petrol pump
The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, its construction cost approximately £765 million. The motorway has an average daily traffic flow of 144,000 vehicles in West Yorkshire, and has several areas prone to gridlock, in particular, between Leeds and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.
Donald Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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Donald Taylor
PHDA - Donald Taylor Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
TIFF file 8-bit
English (U.K.)
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DTA00103.tif