Chronology Maps

1990 1991 1992

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Completed Route Name Start End
M12 (NI) Western sliproads to M1 M1 (NI) J11 Ballynacor J1 Ballynacor
M40 Wheatley - Longbridge J8 Wheatley J15 Longbridge
M20 Maidstone - Ashford J8 Hollingbourne J9 Drovers
M74 Millbank - Nether Abington J12 Millbank J13 Abington

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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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The Improbable A39

It crosses cattle grids and untamed moorland, it climbs 1-in-4 hills and plummets through hairpin bends, it runs single-track through woodland and historic villages. It's rugged and beautiful. Is it really the A39?