What goes up must come down 19 September 2019
Nothing lasts forever. This week, after 43 years, the "temporary" Army and Navy flyover has been given its marching orders.
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Local signs for local people 26 August 2019
Blue-bordered “local” direction signs are rapidly disappearing from our roads. They had their problems - but also an awful lot of fans.
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The life and death of Ringway 3 25 July 2019
The next pages in our series on London's unbuilt motorways are now online, charting the strange story of Ringway 3.
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There's no such thing as Beesworth 14 June 2019
There's no such place as Beesworth. So why does this sign say there is?
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A470 in the Motorway Database 28 May 2019
The bold and unique Cardiff to Merthyr expressway arrives in our database of major roads.
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How to build a motorway 27 April 2019
We've just published nearly 500 aerial photographs of the M65 under construction. Prepare to be fascinated!
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Operation Brock: update 17 April 2019
Two weeks after it arrived it went away... but not completely.
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The ULEZ has landed 08 April 2019
The Ultra Low Emission Zone is now in force across Central London. What does it mean for you? And what's next?
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Operation Brock 27 March 2019
A £30m plan to keep traffic moving while using 13 miles of motorway as a lorry park has just been implemented - and it might be here for a while.
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The unexpected survivor 19 March 2019
It was designed to warn drivers of bad weather. And it was bad weather that finally exposed it again, after decades under wraps.
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The 3D zebra 04 March 2019
Some 3D paint tricks mean one London zebra crossing is no longer taking its job lying down.
What's wrong with the Aberdeen bypass? 01 February 2019
The A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is the biggest road construction project the UK has seen for years - but there's something very wrong with the bridge over the River Don.
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The Minister's cake 24 January 2019
In 1968, the Minister of Transport travelled up to Yorkshire to open a long length of the brand new M1. There was just one problem. Where was the cake?
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The Boring Talks 21 January 2019
Roads.org.uk finds itself on BBC Radio 4, with news of some roads that don't exist.
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The return of Ringway 2 20 December 2018
The next set of pages exploring London's unbuilt motorways are back online, this time looking at the reviled Ringway 2.
60 years of motorways 05 December 2018
Today marks the sixtieth birthday of the motorway network, and of one entirely forgotten bridge in Lancashire.
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Hyde and seek 03 December 2018
In the sixties, a motorway was built on Hyde Park. Which one?
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What makes a dual carriageway? 07 November 2018
Two lanes each way don't make a dual carriageway. What does? Let's go to Wales and find out.
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When is a motorway not a motorway? 15 October 2018
When it's an expressway, of course. Except that an expressway is, now, also a motorway.
Colouring by Numbers 24 September 2018
A data visualisation of British road numbering produces surprisingly beautiful results.
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Hello, here's my ridiculous side project
An introduction to what I write, and why I write it, and where my strange new road sign simulator fits in to all this.
London, in a new light
It was specially designed never to be noticed. And now it's disappearing, nobody has noticed its absence. It's London's own bespoke street light.
The Ringways Map is here
The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.
