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A national system of road numbers radiating from a central point suggests there is… well, a central point. But if you go looking for it you’ll find it doesn’t exist.

There have been rumours for months. Now the announcement has been made - “all new Smart Motorways scrapped”. What does this mean and who are the winners?

Time to put road numbers in the spotlight: the UK's A and B-road system has just reached its centenary.

One of the UK’s strangest little motorways has just been downgraded into oblivion.

Last week we went looking for some of the places pictured in the 1938 road-themed card game Belisha. This week you can play it for yourself.

In 1938, a card game called Belisha was published to promote road safety, featuring the sights of a journey across the UK. Where are they now?

Happy New Year! We're back, after a brief hiatus, with news of recent developments and exciting things to come.

Markerposts are meant to start at one end of a road and count the kilometres to the other. But things are never that simple.

The A625 used to cross the Peak District - then nature got involved. Now the slopes of Mam Tor are accessible only on foot.

It has viaducts, a tunnel and plenty of controversy, but the amazing Batheaston Bypass doesn’t really work. What went wrong?

Completing the story of London's epic Ringways, we've just published the Southern Radials, five more motorways that never saw the light of day.

Two new additions to our collection of Opening Booklets take us to Darlington and Middlesbrough.

The only UK motorway that didn’t connect to ordinary roads finally got its own interchange in 2019. But it's not open, because it still doesn’t touch any ordinary roads.

Until recently Ukraine's extremely well designed new road signs were the only reason we had to think about the country. Plus, some ways to help in the current situation.

For most people, highway maintenance is not a day to day concern. But not every road is the responsibility of the local council. What if your street is “unadopted"?

Keep being asked what you want for Christmas? No problem: here’s our pick of road-related Christmas treats for 2021.

A new set of Ringways pages are now online, looking at unbuilt motorways and road projects west of London.

London's Ultra Low Emission Zone has just expanded to cover the whole inner city, and across the UK, other cities are implementing their own Clean Air Zones. Is this the future?

Road signs are colour coded for different types of road, but in Devon there are more colours than anywhere else. What do Devon's colourful signs mean?

It's our 20th birthday! Join us as we celebrate with the return of a much-missed feature.