Route
Junction number
9
Markerpost
97.5 km
Name
Wendlebury Interchange
Terminus
Not a terminus
Other routes
A34, A41
Authority
Restricted turns
Full access
Services
No services
M40 J9 Wendlebury Interchange
Layout and signage
Lane configuration
- Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 3 continues ahead.
- Lane 1 exits and returns after the junction.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 3 continues ahead.
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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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The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
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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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Sir James Drake
County Surveyor and Bridgemaster for Lancashire in the 1950s and 60s, Drake was instrumental in the motorway revolution.
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