Motorway Database

Detailed information on every motorway and A-road expressway in mainland Britain - its length and route, its history, construction dates, and of course a detailed strip-map of the whole road. You can also find Chronology Maps showing the development of the motorway network over time, and you can search more than 2,000 individual junctions and other features of the road network.

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The sunlit uplands

On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.

Grand openings

Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.

Silver bullet

The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?

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M25 Orbital Motorway

The M25 is either one of the greatest transport achievements of the 20th century or one of Britain's largest planning failures, depending on which way you look at it. This booklet takes the former view, celebrating the completion of the circuit in 1986.