Chronology Maps

1985 1986 1987

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Completed Route Name Start End Original number
M25 Swanley - Chevening J3 Swanley J5 Chevening
B6601 Carnforth Link Kellet Road M6 J35 Carnforth A601(M)
M42 Lickey End - Portway J1 Lickey End J3 Portway
M42 Tamworth - Appleby Magna J10 Tamworth J11 Appleby Magna
M25 Chandlers Cross - Bricket Wood J19 Chandlers Cross J21A Bricket Wood
M74 Canderwater - Poniel Canderwater J11 Happendon
M25 Bricket Wood - Bignell’s Corner J21A Bricket Wood J23 Bignell’s Corner
A1(M) Hatfield Bypass J2 Roestock J4 Stanborough

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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

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The sunlit uplands

On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.

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M6 Preston Bypass

The "Preston By-Pass" was Britain's first motorway, opened in 1958. These books show the road as it was on opening day and share some of the thrill of this pioneering project.