Closing the Clifton Bridge 19 February 2020
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.
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Bye bye Brock 03 February 2020
No tears will be shed in Kent for the end of Operation Brock, the much-hated contraflow that turned the M20 into a semi-permanent lorry park.
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The missing (M) 14 January 2020
Highways England's flagship new road was, to great fanfare, supposed to be a motorway - but it opened as the A14.
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The strange story of Ringway 4 09 November 2019
The fourth and final of London's unbuilt ring roads is now back online in our Ringways pages.
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A diamond on the rough 23 October 2019
Nobody likes a concrete road. Promises have been made time and again to get rid of them all - but perhaps there’s another solution.
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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.
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London’s other forgotten motorways
We’ve spent years documenting the unbuilt urban motorway network planned for London. Today we’re unveiling more new routes that have never been seen before!
The middle of nowhere
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.
Not so Smart
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?
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Low Emission Zone
A first step towards emissions-based road pricing, a pointless measure to enforce something that's happening anyway, or another leap forward in traffic planning from the people who created the Congestion Charge? It's hard to say.