Chronology Maps
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| Completed | Route | Name | Start | End | Original number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M56 | Altrincham Bypass | J3 Princess Parkway | J7 Bowdon | ||
| A627(M) | Oldham - Rochdale | J1 Chadderton | J4 Sandbrook Park | ||
| M53 | Mid Wirral Motorway | J1 Bidston | J5 Hooton | ||
| M8 | Glasgow Inner Ring Road: Charing Cross Section | J17 St George’s Cross | J19 Anderston | ||
| M57 | Liverpool Outer Ring Road Phase 1 | J5 Knowsley Wood | J7 Switch Island | ||
| M73 | Baillieston - Mollinsburn | J2 Baillieston | J3 Mollinsburn | ||
| A38(M) | Aston Expressway | M6 J6 Gravelly Hill | Dartmouth Circus | ||
| M6 | Castle Bromwich - Great Barr | J5 Castle Bromwich | J7 Great Barr | ||
| M18 | Thorne Bypass | Thorne Road | J6 Waterside | ||
| M180 | Thorne Bypass | M18 J5 North Ings | J1 Tudworth | A18(M) | |
| M606 | Chain Bar - Staygate | J1 Chain Bar | J3 Staygate | ||
| M4 | Morriston and Llansamlet Bypass | J44 Lon-las | J46 Llangyfelach | ||
| M621 | Leeds South East Urban Motorway | J3 Holbeck | J7 Stourton | M1 | |
| M9 | Muriehall - Lathallan | Muriehall | J4 Lathallan | ||
| M62 | Outlane - Ainley Top | J23 Outlane | J24 Ainley Top |
What's new
The Ringways Map is here
The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.
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The sunlit uplands
On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.
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The Heads of the Valleys
The A465 Heads of the Valleys Road is one of the most spectacular trunk roads in the UK, and building it required some of the most remarkable civil engineering. This is the story of how the road was built in the 1960s, and how it's being rebuilt today.
