2013

SJ8082 : Runway 2 tunnel

taken 11 years ago, near to Morley Green, Cheshire East, England

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Runway 2 tunnel
Runway 2 tunnel
When construction of the second runway at Manchester Airport began in the late 1990s the Bollin Valley had to be crossed. Firstly an enormous arch was built over the river, this was then covered with ballast to form the runway above.

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Geographical Context: Paths Rivers, Streams, Drainage Air transport River: Bollin Season: Summer other tags: Tunnel Tunnel Under Runway Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Manchester Airport's Second Runway [6] · Crossing the Bollin Tunnel [4] · Bollin Valley [3] ·
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SJ8082, 53 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Burton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 16 July, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 17 July, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8069 8289 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:20.5531N 2:17.4894W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8077 8285
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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