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A41

Aston Clinton to Watford

On the journey from the outskirts of Greater London to Aylesbury, through the rolling hills of Hertfordshire, the A41 is more or less a motorway.

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A41

The lost world of Belisha 02 February 2023

In 1938, a card game called Belisha was published to promote road safety, featuring the sights of a journey across the UK. Where are they now?

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A1 A41 A74

A41(M)

Its first section opened in 1973, and the rest was all built, but the A41(M) doesn't exist. It was canned in favour of orbital roadbuilding, and later resurrected in a more modest form.

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A41 A41(M)

A third Spur for London 28 June 2017

A couple of years ago we delighted in finding two spur roads called Spur Road. It turns out there's another one!

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A5 A41 A410

M1 - A41 - A4008

Berrygrove Interchange

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M1 A41 A4008

Region

East of England

Queensway Tunnel

The engineering marvel of its day, much altered and maligned ever since: this is the original Mersey Tunnel in all its glory.

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A41 A57

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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.

The monster seen from below

What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?

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C-Roads

A collection of photos of signs confirming the existence of C-roads.

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