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London to Cambridge

The motorway that connects London to its most distant airport is also the main road to East Anglia, rolling across the hills of Essex and Cambridgeshire.

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1960s plans for the motorway to Stansted and Cambridge kept shifting course, and its brutal extension to Central London never saw the light of day.

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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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Ringways

The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.