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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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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B7076 and B7078

What sound at first like a pair of forgotten country lanes turn out to have had a major part to play in the history of Scotland's roads.