M4 J13
44.6 km
Chieveley Interchange
Non-standard interchange
Not a terminus
M4
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Chieveley
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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.
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 M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.
The first motorway opened in 1958. The first road restricted to motor traffic, on the other hand, opened in 1923...
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