Chronology Maps

1991 1992 1993

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Completed Route Name Start End
M3 Allbrook - Chilworth J12 Allbrook J14 Chilworth
M80 Stepps Bypass M8 J13 Provan J3 Hornshill
A74(M) Elvanfoot - Paddy’s Rickle J14 Elvanfoot Paddy’s Rickle Bridge
A74(M) Kirkpatrick Fleming - Gretna J21 Kirkpatrick Fleming M6 J45 Guards Mill

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A bridge under troubled bridges

A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.

The monster seen from below

What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?

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.

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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.