A38(M)

A38(M)

Aston Expressway

Gravelly Hill to Birmingham

The A38(M) Aston Expressway is a motorway like no other, starting at the magnificent Spaghetti Junction and rapidly turning into one of the UK's most strange and unusual roads.

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Farewell GLC lights

Why am I all nostalgic about some street lights being replaced?

Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

Skid Risk, Accident, Fog

For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.

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Liverpool Inner Motorway

There's almost no evidence of Liverpool's 1960's plans for an inner ring road on the ground - but the motorway that never materialised would have been astonishing. The full details on the route, and the missing part the M62, are here.