Terminal roundabout, view east, 10 January 1996
Terminal roundabout, view east (see all photos of the same view)
The terminal roundabout is now nearing completion, with white lines in place, and a short section of the future westbound M65 also has a tarmac surface. The roundabout and a section of the westbound carriageway will shortly be brought into use as a diversion for traffic between the A6 and M6.
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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.
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The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
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