A404(M)

A404(M)

Maidenhead Bypass

Maidenhead Thicket to Holyport

The A404(M) is a spur from the M4 to the A4 and A404 running to the west of Maidenhead, but it started life as the western terminus of the M4.

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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.

A bridge under troubled bridges

A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.

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