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Sunday 31 October 2010
MANCUIAN WAY-MCR "BEDROCK"
"THE BEDROCK"
THE BEDROCK IS PREDOMINANTLY BUNTER SANDSTONE OF TRIASSIC AGE, BUT OVER A SHORT LENGTH ADJACENT TO THE WEST MANCHESTER FAULT THE BEDROCK IS MANCHESTER MARL OF PERMIAN AGE. THE ROCK IS OVER LAIN BY GLACIER DRIFT VARYING IN DEPTH FORM ABOUT 8 TO 47 FEET, THE DEPTH BEING GREATEST NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE ALIGNMENT.
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Saturday 30 October 2010
MCRWAY A57
THE MANCUNIAN WAY, NEARLY TWO MILES IN LENGTH INCLUDED THE FIRST SECTION OF TRULY URBAN MOTORWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE REGION.
Friday 29 October 2010
"MCRWAY- A57"
THE SECOND STAGE, BETWEEN A6 AND THE A56 WAS DESIGNED AS A MOTORWAY AND CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED IN DECEMBER 1964. IT INCLUDED THE ELEVATATED SECTION, WHICH IS A PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURE 3232 FEET 6 INCHES LONG BETWEEN THE END ABUTMENTS. OF THE THIRTY TWO SPANS, TWENTY EIGHT ARE EACH 105 FEET LONG, TWO ARE 60 FEET TO ACCOMMODATE GROUND LEVEL FEATURES AND THE EASTERN AND WESTERN SPANS ARE 97 FEET 6 INCHES AND 75 FEET RESPECTIVELY.
Thursday 28 October 2010
A57 MCR WAY[C]
A57 (M) MOTORWAY
THE A57 (M), ALSO KNOWN AS THE MANCUNIAN WAY, IS A 2-MILE (3.2 KM) LONG MOTORWAY IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. IT IS PART OF THE A57, WHICH RUNS EAST- WEST THROUGH GREATER MANCHESTER, AND LINKS THE M602 AND M67 MOTORWAYS.
Wednesday 27 October 2010
Tuesday 26 October 2010
"MANCUNIAN WAY" MCR
THE A57(M) FLYOVER, OR MANCUNIAN WAY IS AN ELEVATED DUAL CARRIAGEWAY THAT SKIRTS THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CITY CENTRE, FORMING PART OF MANCHESTER'S INNER RING ROAD.
THE PRIME MINISTER IN OFFICE HAROLD WILSON OFFICIALLY OPENED THE ENTIRE MANCUNIAN WAY ON 5TH MAY 1967.
IN 1968, THE CONCRETE SOCIETY AWARDED THE MANCUNIAN WAY THEIR HIGHEST HONOUR. A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THIS CAN BE SEEN ON THE BRIDGE OVER UPPER BROOK STREET.
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Saturday 23 October 2010
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