Terminal roundabout, view east, 21 October 1996
Terminal roundabout, view east (see all photos of the same view)
The route diverted traffic is taking to and from the M6, using the sliproads of the part-built interchange in the distance, can be seen here. The other carriageways of the motorway now have a surface as far as the viaduct.
Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)
Structure 5 (A49 underbridge)
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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.
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 Architecture
The most unique motorway in Britain owes its identity to its fifties architecture. Much of it is in danger of being removed or irreperably altered. This page documents it in detail.
