Terminal roundabout, view east, 3 April 1995
Terminal roundabout, view east (see all photos of the same view)
Little progress has been made here so far, though two culverts have been built beneath the course of the future roundabout, which can be seen at bottom left and near the middle of the picture.
Date
3 April 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
East
Structures visible
Structure 5 (A49 underbridge)
What's new
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.
