Chronology Maps

1997 1998 1999

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Completed Route Name Start End
M3 (NI) Middlepath Street - Sydenham Bypass J1 Middlepath Street Sydenham Bypass
A1(M) Alconbury - Peterborough Brooklands J17 Fletton Parkway
A1(M) Micklefield - Bramham Micklefield J44 Bramham

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All change

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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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Linnyshaw Moss

The UK's widest motorway is not where you might expect to find it — in fact, it's on the unassuming M61 near Manchester. This gallery offers an overhead view of one of the UK's most unique and spacious interchanges.