2006

SE1219 : Motorway embankment, Elland

taken 18 years ago, near to Elland, Calderdale, England

Motorway embankment, Elland
Motorway embankment, Elland
The M62 has been constructed almost at the top of the steep hillside above Elland, and where it crosses a valley this has been filled in by a very high embankment. The latter is still part of the motorway land, so is fenced off from the field on the right-hand side. The other feature that makes it different from the natural hillside is the berms, horizontal ledges containing land drains designed to prevent the material of the embankment from sliding downhill. The embankment is being colonised by trees. Storth Wood is in the middleground, and the heather of 'The Rough' in the foreground.

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Category: Embankments
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · M62 [4] · Storth Wood [3] ·
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SE1219, 28 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Humphrey Bolton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 3 September, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 4 September, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 120 199 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:40.5260N 1:49.1894W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 120 201
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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