Riley Green interchange, view south west, 20 July 1995
Riley Green interchange, view south west (see all photos of the same view)
The new roundabout is beginning to take shape. In the foreground, the permanent diversion of the A674 is apparent, but no road surface has yet been laid.
Structure 20/20a (Riley Green interchange bridges)
A674 Chorley Road
A675 Bolton Road
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...
Above the M8
Go to Glasgow and it's almost inevitable that you'll use the M8. The views of the city surrounding it are really quite unique.
