Route
Junction number
4
Markerpost
91.5 km
Name
Toyota Island
Terminus
Not a terminus
Other routes
A38, B5008
Authority
Restricted turns
Full access
Services
Service area here
Service area name
Derby and Burton
Services operator
Shell
A50 J4 Toyota Island
Layout and signage
Derby and Burton
Lane configuration
- Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
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A bridge under troubled bridges
A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.
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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.
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Daniel "Swampy" Hooper
Britain's most famous anti-road protester, who shot to fame in the mid-1990s and came to represent the whole environmental movement.
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