M62 J4 The Rocket

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A5080
      Knotty Ash
Childwall
Broadgreen Hospital
A5080

Lane configuration

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  • Lane 1 continues ahead.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.
  • Lane 3 continues ahead.

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  • Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.
  • Lane 3 continues ahead.

Other events

  • Signs End of motorway regulations
  • Signs 40mph speed limit begins
  • Signs Start of motorway regulations
  • Signs 50mph speed limit begins

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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.

The monster seen from below

What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?

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.

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