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Publication dates

Here are the pages that are still incomplete and redirect to this page, and their anticipated publication dates. These dates are, of course, subject to change and are only here as a rough guide.

Publication dates have all been pushed back by about 18 months because of restrictions on access to archive facilities during the pandemic. As a result, the finish date for the last of the pages, previously estimated at mid 2021, is now some time in 2023.

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London with the Ringways
Driving the Ringways
2023

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Where did the M25 come from?

London’s notorious orbital motorway turns 40 years old today. Where did it come from - and why the number “25”?

The long way round

When a road is closed, why isn't the diversion route just the quickest way past the closure?

Signs and sensibility

The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.

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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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