M271 Romsey Road Roundabout

Layout and signage

Romsey
A3057
Rownhams
Nursling
A3057
 



A3057
   



A3057
 

Lane configuration

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  • Lane 1 exits and does not return.
  • Lane 2 exits and does not return.

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  • Lane 1 continues ahead.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.

Other events

  • Signs End of motorway regulations
  • Signs Start of motorway regulations

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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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EuroRoute

Today you can catch a train to France. You can even put your car on it, and be there in less than an hour. But in the 1980s, Euro Tunnel had competition - including plans to build a motorway across the English Channel.

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