M3 (NI)

M3 (Northern Ireland)

to

Lagan Bridge
Belfast
Ballymacarrett

The M3 is fairly obviously just the last mile of the M2, built in the 1990s when a new crossing over the Lagan was required. Not that anybody pays any attention to its number anyway.

Routes

What's new

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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Studland Motor Road

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