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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Matrix signs reloaded 28 July 2017
There's a system for everything on the roads, but few are as ingenious or obscure as Road Codes to identify electronic equipment.
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Smart Motorways
Motorways used to be really simple. Now they have electronic signals, variable speed limits, emergency lay-bys, part-time hard shoulders... Just what is so smart about Smart Motorways?
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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.
The ghost junction
The only UK motorway that didn’t connect to ordinary roads finally got its own interchange in 2019. But it's not open, because it still doesn’t touch any ordinary roads.
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British Roads FAQ
The most Frequently Asked Questions where British Roads are concerned, and the answers. A good place to start if you're new to the subject or you're looking for quick facts.