Bamber Bridge roundabout, view south, 16 October 1995
Bamber Bridge roundabout, view south (see all photos of the same view)
Bamber Bridge roundabout is nearly complete. In the distance, the new terminal roundabout has progressed enormously in the previous three months.
Date
16 October 1995
(see all photos from this date)
Direction of view
South
Roads visible
A582 Lostock Lane
A6 Preston Road
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.
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Sir James Drake
County Surveyor and Bridgemaster for Lancashire in the 1950s and 60s, Drake was instrumental in the motorway revolution.
