Chronology Maps
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| Completed | Route | Name | Start | End | Original number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M27 | Hedge End - Windhover | J7 Hedge End | J8 Windhover | ||
| M67 | Hyde Bypass | J2 Hyde Road | J4 Mottram | ||
| M90 | Perth South Western Bypass | J10 Craigend | J12 Broxden | ||
| M66 | Bury Easterly Bypass North | J2 Heap Bridge | Edenfield | ||
| M90 | Perth South Eastern Bypass | J10 Craigend | J11 Barnhill | M85 | |
| M180 | Tudworth - Woodhouse | J1 Tudworth | J2 Woodhouse | ||
| M18 | Wadworth - West Moor | J2 Wadworth | J4 West Moor | ||
| M180 | Scunthorpe Southern Bypass | J3 Midmoor | Castlethorpe | ||
| M181 | Midmoor - Brumby Common | M180 J3 Midmoor | Brumby Common Lane | ||
| A1077(M) | Midmoor - Frodingham Grange | Brumby Common Lane | Frodingham Grange | M181 |
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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.
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.
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Liverpool Inner Motorway
There's almost no evidence of Liverpool's 1960's plans for an inner ring road on the ground - but the motorway that never materialised would have been astonishing. The full details on the route, and the missing part the M62, are here.
