Chronology Maps

1998 1999 2000

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Completed Route Name Start End
M1 M1-A1 Link J43 Belle Isle A1(M) J43 Hook Moor
A74(M) Paddy’s Rickle - Beattock Paddy’s Rickle Bridge J15 Beattock
A74(M) Beattock - Cleuchbrae J15 Beattock Cleuchbrae

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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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Thelwall Viaduct

Thousands of vehicles travel the M6 between the M56 and M62 each day. They all cross the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, and the bridge that carries them is notorious from travel reports nationwide. But what does it actually look like from the ground?