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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

11634

Title

[CHESTER ROAD WIDENING AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION]

Producer

Stretford Borough Engineer's Department

Date

1965-7

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

21 mins 39 secs

Description

This film shows the traffic congestion at the Davyhulme and Talbot Road junctions with the trunk road when Chester Road was a single carriageway and the junctions were police controlled. It then shows some of the bridge construction, road works and service diversions.

 

 



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