A421

A421

St Neots to Milton Keynes

Since 1996, three sections of a new A421 expressway have been built, progressively completing a fast route that serves to link Cambridge to Milton Keynes and Bedford to the wider world.

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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.

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Mistakes

Making road signs is a tricky business, but fortunately the professionals who design them get it right. Usually.