Stanworth rock cutting, view west, 14 February 1997
Stanworth rock cutting, view west (see all photos of the same view)
The shape of the new motorway can now be seen at Stanworth, with drainage gulleys being installed on the slopes of the rock cutting. At the bottom of the picture, the carriageways run out at the boundary fence where contract 2 begins.
What's new
The monster seen from below
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
The road that made no sense
It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
The forever bottleneck, part 2
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
Have you seen...
All of the A6118
A peculiar road near Peterborough with an interesting history. And it's only a mile long.
