North West

In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.

One of the UK’s strangest little motorways has just been downgraded into oblivion.

Liverpool's Churchill Way flyovers were demolished earlier this year. Bryn Buck explores what's left when an elevated road suddenly goes away.

In this first Imperfectly Odd outing, we take a trip to northern Lancashire to see one of the most peculiar motorways in the UK, and one with the strangest history.

Dive into 1960s optimism with the book celebrating one of Lancashire County Council's first bold steps in attempting to build a thrilling future for Greater Manchester as a motoring metropolis.

Often described as the most scenic and dramatic motorway in the UK, the M6 between Lancaster and Penrith is undeniably amazing. Explore the book that marked its opening.

Bold plans and unrealised ideas for the New Town of Skelmersdale are set out with great ceremony and excitement in this book that marks the opening of a road that became the M58.

The "Preston By-Pass" was Britain's first motorway, opened in 1958. These books show the road as it was on opening day and share some of the thrill of this pioneering project.

A new bridge across the Mersey opens tonight. Will it bring the banks of the river closer together or split Halton borough in two?

The UK's widest motorway is not where you might expect to find it — in fact, it's on the unassuming M61 near Manchester. This gallery offers an overhead view of one of the UK's most unique and spacious interchanges.