Route
Junction number
1
Markerpost
0.0 km
Name
Chain Bar Interchange
Type
Non-standard interchange
Terminus
Terminus at end of exit list
Other routes
M62, A58, A638
Authority
Restricted turns
Full access
Services
No services
M606 J1 Chain Bar Interchange
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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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