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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Skid Risk, Accident, Fog

For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.

All change

In July 2024, a new Government entered office with a very different set of priorities. What does it mean for a faltering roads programme?

A century of motorways

It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.

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To the Limit

Speed limits are more emotive and divisive than almost anything else about the road network. How do you sort the fact from the opinion? And how did we end up with the speed limits we have?