M6/A6 interchange culvert works, view south east, 14 February 1997
M6/A6 interchange culvert works, view south east (see all photos of the same view)
Work to extend the culvert beneath the M6 has now been completed, and the embankment has been built up above it. The sliproads can now be laid out to either side of the motorway.
Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)
M6 motorway
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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Alley by gaslight
Some of Central London's quieter streets are still, surprisingly, lit by old and rather beautiful gas lanterns. Here are a few, by day and by night.
