A38(M)

A38(M)

Aston Expressway

Gravelly Hill to Birmingham

The A38(M) Aston Expressway is a motorway like no other, starting at the magnificent Spaghetti Junction and rapidly turning into one of the UK's most strange and unusual roads.

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Schrödinger’s speed limit

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.

Sorry, wrong number

Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?

We need to talk about Wisley

National Highways are spending a third of a billion pounds rebuilding one of the most congested junctions on the M25. Is it money well spent?

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M1 under construction

Pictures taken as the first section of the M1 was being built in 1958-9, with all its unique architecture still under construction.