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Fancy a stroll? In 1972, the City of Leeds was about to open its new South East Urban Motorway and proudly showed off the achievement with a "walkabout" event.

Appearing unexpectedly on signs in Lincolnshire last week, a brand new motorway has suddenly come into existence. And it's a weird one.

For a while, the M5 ended at a 270-degree loop - but long after the motorway was extended, it kept on catching drivers unawares. But it left behind an unexpected legacy of safer driving.

We're expanding our information pages to provide better coverage of the basics - perfect if you're new to the world of road enthusiasts or if you're just dropping by to answer a question.

Somerset County Council have started restoring the county’s many fingerposts to their former glory. Somerset resident JR offers a guided tour of some of the county's remarkable historic signposts.

We've reached the end of the strangest year anyone can remember. Time for a quick look at some news from the last few months.

Hardwick Roundabout in Kings Lynn finally got its flyover in 2003, but it wasn't what the locals had expected. Is it the UK's most misunderstood junction?

Liverpool's Churchill Way flyovers were demolished earlier this year. Bryn Buck explores what's left when an elevated road suddenly goes away.

Yellow box junctions keep crossroads clear and traffic on the move. Not everyone understands the rules, though - do you?

Last year we reported on an experimental "3D" zebra crossing. It turns out they're multiplying... if you know where to look!

In this first Imperfectly Odd outing, we take a trip to northern Lancashire to see one of the most peculiar motorways in the UK, and one with the strangest history.

Wide ranging changes to London's Congestion Charge take effect this week. Are they truly temporary?

Three more commemorative booklets have been added to the website, published at the opening of three very different motorway projects.

Last week we set you 50 tricky road-based quiz questions. Suffer no longer - here are the answers!

Something to feed your interest in roads and help pass the time while we're all spending more time at home: we present the first ever roads.org.uk quiz!

A look inside the second Road Investment Strategy, which promises £27.4bn of investment and upgrades to trunk roads over the next five years.

It's the end of the road for our coverage of current road construction projects.

The next set of pages in our Ringways series are now online, documenting motorways in and out of London to the north and east.

After 18 years, a new look for the Motorway Database's famous exit lists.

The A52 Clifton Bridge's major emergency repairs are bringing chaos to Nottingham. What's gone wrong - and how could it be a total surprise? Civil engineer Alex Romankiw explains.