Stanworth Farm underpass, view north west, 12 January 1995
Stanworth culvert, view west (see all photos of the same view)
This is actually a view north west from Stanworth Farm underpass; visible at the bottom of the picture is Stanworth culvert, where a small brook is piped under the motorway embankment.
Date
12 January 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
North West
What's new
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.
