This is a historic listing that describes a location as it appeared in the past.
The motorway shown here no longer exists in this form and the information below may no longer be correct.
None
32.4 km
Park Street Roundabout
Roundabout
Terminus at end of exit list
A405, A5183
Full access
No services
| N/A | A405 A5183 |
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A5183 |
St Albans A5183 Hatfield A414 Radlett A5183 Chiswell Green A405 |
Start of motorway regulations
End of motorway regulationsWhat 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?
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 second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
There's almost no evidence of Liverpool's 1960's plans for an inner ring road on the ground - but the motorway that never materialised would have been astonishing. The full details on the route, and the missing part the M62, are here.
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