M11

M11

to

London
Cambridge

The motorway that connects London to its most distant airport is also the main road to East Anglia, rolling across the hills of Essex and Cambridgeshire.

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M11

M11

1960s plans for the motorway to Stansted and Cambridge kept shifting course, and its brutal extension to Central London never saw the light of day.

Routes
M11

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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.

All change

In July 2024, a new Government entered office with a very different set of priorities. What does it mean for a faltering roads programme?

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Sir James Drake

County Surveyor and Bridgemaster for Lancashire in the 1950s and 60s, Drake was instrumental in the motorway revolution.