The Windy Hill to Outlane section opened in December
1970.
The 1½ mile long Outlane to Ainley Top section opened in
December 1972.
The motorway was formally opened by HM The Queen in October 1971.
Local access is via
After much campaigning by local councillors, construction of
Junction 24 and Junction 25 was approved in March 1967
The Hartshead Moor service station lies just outside
Brighouse – between Junction 25 and Junction 26 – and was started in
1971.
Scammonden Bridge is the largest single-span bridge in Europe, and
Scammonden Dam is the largest earth-filled dam in Europe.
The motorway was designed by Colonel Stuart Maynard Lovell.
See
Friendly Inn, Fixby,
Pennine Way bridge,
Rockingstones Interchange,
Scammonden Reservoir and
Stott Hall Farm, Ripponden
Some of the buildings here are listed
Mackintosh's Kingston Confectionery Works, Halifax was here
See
Cooper House, Luddendenfoot
Recorded in 1881.
There were Common Lodging Houses here [1904]
See
Leicester Terrace, Halifax
See
Prints by J. R. Smith and
West Riding Magistrates' Office
Some of the buildings here are listed
See
Marsh Delves Quarry, Southowram
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Sion Branch Congregational Sunday School, Bank Top
Many of the properties here – odd-numbered 3 to 21 – are listed.
See
Ellistones Lane Toll House
Luther Street is the next street to the west
See
Liverpool Fresh Meat Company,
Model Lodging House, Brighouse,
New Mission Hall, Brighouse,
St Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighouse and
Spiritualists Lyceum, Brighouse
Recorded in 1861 and 1871, when
John Pickles & family were living here
Question:
Does anyone know where Marvell's Gallery was?
Recorded in 1914
Recorded in 1874 and 1936
The street and its houses were lost when Claremount Road and
New Bank were redeveloped in the 1960s