Chronology Maps

1960 1961 1962

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Completed Route Name Start End Original number Other numbers
M4 Maidenhead Bypass J7 Huntercombe J8/9 Holyport
A404(M) Maidenhead Bypass M4 J8/9 Holyport J9B The Thicket M4 A423(M)
A1(M) Doncaster Bypass J34 Blyth J38 Red House

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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.

Hello, here's my ridiculous side project

An introduction to what I write, and why I write it, and where my strange new road sign simulator fits in to all this.

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Emergency Diversion Routes

Those funny black and yellow symbols are everywhere - and they might just get you back on track one day.