London’s notorious orbital motorway turns 40 years old today. Where did it come from - and why the number “25”?
When a road is closed, why isn't the diversion route just the quickest way past the closure?
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.
County Surveyor and Bridgemaster for Lancashire in the 1950s and 60s, Drake was instrumental in the motorway revolution.
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