M53 J2 Upton Interchange

Layout and signage

Upton
Moreton
Hoylake
A551
  (A551)       Upton
Moreton
Hoylake
A551

Lane configuration

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  • Lane 1 exits and returns after the junction.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.
  • Lane 3 continues ahead.

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  • Lane 1 exits and returns after the junction.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.
  • Lane 3 continues ahead.

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The long way round

When a road is closed, why isn't the diversion route just the quickest way past the closure?

Signs and sensibility

The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.

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.

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