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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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?

The road that made no sense

It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.

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