A dose of 1960s optimism 29 June 2018
Booklets published to mark the opening of the Westway and the M1 at Hendon are added to the site.
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The zombie motorway rises again 07 June 2018
It's been on the cards since the 1920s. Is the Western Orbital Motorway now finally going to happen?
The stack is back 21 May 2018
Just a few years ago Kent was going to be saved from Operation Stack. Now it's back with a vengeance.
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The design disaster at Deptford 09 May 2018
The A36-A303 interchange at Deptford is added to Bad Junctions.
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Spaghetti Junction recipe 20 April 2018
Back in 1972, one Birmingham newspaper found Spaghetti Junction so devilishly complex that it published a pull-out-and-keep guide to navigating it.
The UK's latest motorway 19 March 2018
The new A1(M) between Leeming and Barton in North Yorkshire is now, finally, nearing completion. It's been a long wait!
Putting new roads on the map 05 March 2018
An update on the future of Road Schemes and a brand new feature that makes it easier to use.
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The story of London's motorways 20 February 2018
The history of London's abandoned motorway plans, from the earliest ideas of the 20th Century to the political fights and protests of the 1970s, is back on CBRD.
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The zero-emission street 31 January 2018
Three London Boroughs are rushing to implement the first Ultra Low Emission Zones ahead of the Mayor's London-wide plan.
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The Ross Motorway 27 January 2018
The commemorative book published to mark the opening of the M50 is now available on CBRD.
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The future of Road Schemes 23 January 2018
Should we continue tracking current road construction projects?
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Back to the Forth 14 January 2018
Some new photos of the Queensferry Crossing arrive in our Forth Bridges gallery.
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London's surviving gas lights 08 January 2018
A new photo gallery tracks down some of London's oldest and loveliest street lights.
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The Ringways are back 24 December 2017
The story of the most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London is back on CBRD, after a six month absence.
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The wonderful A1 21 December 2017
The A1 is the UK's longest road, but the part within London is easily overlooked. Here's five things you (maybe) didn't know about it.
The Curse of Clydach strikes again 01 December 2017
Upgrade work on the A465 through the Clydach Gorge is taking longer and costing more than expected. Should lessons have been learned from the last engineers to take it on?
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Traffic lights on motorways 22 November 2017
The headlines shout about traffic lights on motorways to ease congestion. How can that work? And is it even news?
The bright lights of Coventry 01 November 2017
Coventry is home to the UK's only fully electronic road signs. Will they catch on?
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Imperfectly Odd: Batheaston Bypass
It has viaducts, a tunnel and plenty of controversy, but the amazing Batheaston Bypass doesn’t really work. What went wrong?
South London's lost motorways
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.
To the north east!
Two new additions to our collection of Opening Booklets take us to Darlington and Middlesbrough.
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The Heads of the Valleys
The A465 Heads of the Valleys Road is one of the most spectacular trunk roads in the UK, and building it required some of the most remarkable civil engineering. This is the story of how the road was built in the 1960s, and how it's being rebuilt today.