United Kingdom - Ireland
Jan. 01, 1959 - Britain's First Motorway Is Closed: Britain's first sad only motorway, the M6, built at a cost of3, 750, 000, is waterlegged. Thousands of gallons of rainwater and melted snow have seeped under it. It is closed and may remain so for a month.laws are scatteredn 30 places along the whole length of the 8 1/4 mile road, which by passer Priston and has been open only 48 days, At some pointe the surface has crumbled right through. At others there are bubbles, ridges, cracks, and eruptions which could take the steering wheel out of the driver's hands at high speed, Mechanical diggers were already at work yesterday making temporary drains, and bore-holesug into the surface showed water swilling about at a depth of nine inches. Photo Shows: Crumbled asphalt at the driver's feet on the new motorway
