A64(M)

A58(M) and A64(M)

Leeds Inner Ring Road

Armley to Quarry Hill

The Leeds Inner Ring Road is one motorway with two numbers, designated A58(M) from its western end to Claypit Lane and A64(M) from there to the eastern end.

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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.

The forever bottleneck, part 2

The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.

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The Magic Roundabout

Officially the seventh most frightening thing on the road network - but actually it might just be the most efficient junction ever designed.