A5300 Newstead Farm Interchange

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  A562




    A562
(M56)




  Liverpool Airport
Speke
A562
Widnes
Runcorn
A562 (M56 Link)

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  • Lane 1 continues ahead.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.

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  • Lane 1 exits and does not return.
  • Lane 2 continues, with option to exit.

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The road that made no sense

It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.

The forever bottleneck, part 2

The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.

The forever bottleneck, part 1

The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.

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Scammonden Bridge

If you've ever been on the M62 across the Pennines, you'll know the one. It's the huge arched bridge 120ft above the road. And this is what it's like when you're standing on top of it!

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