Chronology Maps

1988 1989 1990

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Completed Route Name Start End Original number
M60 Portwood - Denton J24 Denton J27 Portwood M63, M66
M40 Longbridge - Umberslade J15 Longbridge M42 J3A Umberslade

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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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Harry Yeadon

A civil engineer, working principally in the North West of England, responsible for many of the area's motorways.