Chronology Maps

1978 1979 1980

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Completed Route Name Start End Original number
A1(M) South Mimms - Hatfield J1 Bignell’s Corner J2 Roestock A1
M8 Monkland Motorway Stage 2A J11 Stepps Road J12 Cumbernauld Road
M180 Woodhouse - Midmoor J2 Woodhouse J3 Midmoor
M25 Chevening - Godstone J5 Chevening J6 Godstone
M11 Bishop's Stortford - Stump Cross J8 Birchanger Green J9 Stump Cross
A3(M) Horndean and Waterlooville Bypass J1 Horndean J5 Broadmarsh

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Grand openings

Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.

Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

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.

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Thelwall Viaduct

Thousands of vehicles travel the M6 between the M56 and M62 each day. They all cross the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, and the bridge that carries them is notorious from travel reports nationwide. But what does it actually look like from the ground?