A38
A38 Devon Expressway
Devon Expressway
Exeter to Plymouth
There's something very pleasant about the stretch of A38 that connects Exeter to Plymouth - is it the homely title, the lovely scenery or perhaps the very striking names of the villages it passes?
Sorry, wrong number 03 May 2024
Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?
Spaghetti Junction recipe 20 April 2018
Back in 1972, one Birmingham newspaper found Spaghetti Junction so devilishly complex that it published a pull-out-and-keep guide to navigating it.
What's new
Skid Risk, Accident, Fog
For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.
All change
In July 2024, a new Government entered office with a very different set of priorities. What does it mean for a faltering roads programme?
A century of motorways
It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.
Have you seen...
Oxfordshire Signs
This is the story of one man at Oxfordshire County Council who pre-empted the development of modern road signs - much to the annoyance of the men from the Ministry.
