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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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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