Route
Junction number
4
Markerpost
50.5 km
Name
Handy Cross
Terminus
Not a terminus
Other routes
A404, A4010
Authority
Restricted turns
Full access
Services
No services
M40 J4 Handy Cross
Layout and signage
|
High Wycombe Marlow A404 |
A404 (M4) |
|
A4010 A404 |
High Wycombe Marlow Maidenhead A404 (M4 Link) |
Lane configuration
- Lane 1 exits and returns after the junction.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 3 continues ahead.
- Lane 1 exits and returns after the junction.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 3 continues ahead.
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The forever bottleneck, part 1
The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.
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M1 under construction
Pictures taken as the first section of the M1 was being built in 1958-9, with all its unique architecture still under construction.
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