Surprise! A new motorway 11 May 2021
Appearing unexpectedly on signs in Lincolnshire last week, a brand new motorway has suddenly come into existence. And it's a weird one.
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Yorkshire and the Humber
Burdock Way 20 February 2010
The humble West Yorkshire town of Halifax may well be the creator of the most adventurous urban road scheme in the country. It's astonishing, but what was built isn't even the half of it.
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Junction Three 8 November 2008
The M621 has one junction where everything leaves the motorway and heads for the city, and a very bizarre junction it is too.
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Scammonden Bridge 11 May 2005
If you've ever been on the M62 across the Pennines, you'll know the one. It's the huge arched bridge 120ft above the road. And this is what it's like when you're standing on top of it!
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M1-A1 Link Road 5 January 2005
Bingley Relief Road 26 July 2003
Most bypasses go around the town they relieve. Not so the Bingley Relief Road, which ploughs through the town centre instead.
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Spontaneous Motorway 22 February 2003
The unique and bizarre situation on the A1 Micklefield Bypass, West Yorkshire.
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