Chronology Maps

1983 1984 1985

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Completed Route Name Start End Original number
M25 Waltham Cross - Theydon J25 Waltham Cross J27 Theydon
M25 Bignell’s Corner - Potters Bar J23 Bignell’s Corner J24 Potters Bar A1178
M27 Chilworth - Stoneham J4 Chilworth J5 Stoneham
M65 Blackburn - Clayton-le-Moors J6 Whitebirk J7 Hyndburn

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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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Driver Location Signs

If you're on the motorway (in England at least) you might have noticed some funny blue signs down the side of the road. What are they for?