Motorway Database
Detailed information on every motorway and A-road expressway in mainland Britain - its length and route, its history, construction dates, and of course a detailed strip-map of the whole road. You can also find Chronology Maps showing the development of the motorway network over time, and you can search more than 2,000 individual junctions and other features of the road network.
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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New Medway Viaducts
Taken over the course of two years, from 2002 to 2003, these sixteen images chart the construction of two new bridges alongside the M2 Medway Viaduct.
