Chronology Maps

1981 1982 1983

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Completed Route Name Start End Original number
M20 Ashford Bypass J9 Drovers J10 Lacton
M60 Stockport East-West Bypass J27 Portwood J2 Roscoe’s Roundabout M63
M53 Stoak - Hoole J11 Stoak J12 Hoole
M25 Staines - Poyle J13 Staines J14 Poyle
M602 Eccles - Salford J2 Gilda Brook J3 Regent Road
M25 Cranham - Purfleet J29 Cranham J31 Purfleet

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It was specially designed never to be noticed. And now it's disappearing, nobody has noticed its absence. It's London's own bespoke street light.

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.

Red, white and blue

Kent County Council is run by eurosceptic nationalists. So why are they putting EU flags on their road signs?

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