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298 km
Lymm Interchange
Non-standard interchange
Not a terminus
M56, A50, B5158
Full access
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Lymm Truck Stop
Poplar 2000
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.
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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Lymm Truck Stop
