M25

National Highways are spending a third of a billion pounds rebuilding one of the most congested junctions on the M25. Is it money well spent?

The fourth and final of London's unbuilt ring roads is now back online in our Ringways pages.

The next pages in our series on London's unbuilt motorways are now online, charting the strange story of Ringway 3.

Bristol’s M32 recently gained a new junction for buses only. To mark this strange new addition to the motorway network, here are five places you can’t leave the motorway.

In days gone by, new roads were often celebrated with a grand opening ceremony and the issue of a commemorative booklet heralding the exciting new highway. You'll find some of them here, complete with a glimpse of all that empty tarmac and a healthy dose of modernist optimism.

One hard shoulder's enough for one carriageway, right? Well...not according to one long-lost design standard.

An update on Highways England's new orange emergency lay-bys.

Motorways used to be really simple. Now they have electronic signals, variable speed limits, emergency lay-bys, part-time hard shoulders... Just what is so smart about Smart Motorways?

Making road signs is a tricky business, but fortunately the professionals who design them get it right. Usually.