Chronology Maps
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| Completed | Route | Name | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M20 | West Kingsdown - Addington | London Road | J3 Addington | |
| M56 | Hapsford - Dunkirk | J14 Hapsford | J16 Dunkirk | |
| M53 | Stanlow Halt - Stoak | J10 Stanlow Halt | J11 Stoak | |
| M77 | M8 - Dumbreck | M8 J22 Plantation Road | J1 Dumbreck | |
| M25 | Potters Bar - Waltham Cross | J24 Potters Bar | J25 Waltham Cross | |
| M20 | Stanford - Folkestone | J11 Westenhanger | J13 Castle Hill | |
| M67 | Denton Relief Road | M60 J24 Denton | J2 Hyde Road | |
| M4 | Bridgend Bypass | J35 Pencoed | J37 Pyle | |
| M65 | Burnley - Brierfield | J10 Burnley Barracks | J12 Brierfield | |
| M25 | Runnymede Viaducts | Egham | J13 Staines | |
| M20 | Ashford - Stanford | J10 Lacton | J11 Westenhanger |
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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.
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M1-A1 Link Road
Those last few miles of the M1 east of Leeds were completed in 1999. It looks for the most part like a fairly average piece of road, but one of the project's engineers describes some of the challenges that were faced.
