A38 (Devon Expressway) Racecourse Junction

Layout and signage

Racecourse         Racecourse

Lane configuration

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  • Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.

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  • Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.
  • Lane 3 terminates.

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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.

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New Medway Viaducts

Taken over the course of two years, from 2002 to 2003, these sixteen images chart the construction of two new bridges alongside the M2 Medway Viaduct.

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