M62 J5 Bowring Park Interchange
Route
Name
Bowring Park Interchange
Highway Authority
Location type
Roundabout Interchange
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
A5300 Newstead Farm Interchange
Route
Name
Newstead Farm Interchange
Highway Authority
Location type
Roundabout Interchange
What's new
A bridge under troubled bridges
A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.
The monster seen from below
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
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.
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Road Numbers
We'd be lost without them, but there is nothing straightforward about the seemingly simple business of giving roads a number.
