Chronology Maps

1986 1987 1988

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Completed Route Name Start End
M42 M5 Southern Links M5 J4A Catshill J1 Lickey End
M74 Poniel - Millbank J11 Happendon J12 Millbank

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Where did the M25 come from?

London’s notorious orbital motorway turns 40 years old today. Where did it come from - and why the number “25”?

The long way round

When a road is closed, why isn't the diversion route just the quickest way past the closure?

Signs and sensibility

The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.

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M6 Hanchurch-Lymm

One of the longest lengths of motorway to open in one go, this book celebrates the opening of the M6 from the Potteries to the North West.