M2

M2 and A2

Medway Towns Bypass

London to Lydden

The M2 may not be a long, important or significant motorway in its own right, but when it's taken with its partner the A2 it's a force to be reckoned with.

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M2 A2

New Medway Viaducts

Taken over the course of two years, from 2002 to 2003, these sixteen images chart the construction of two new bridges alongside the M2 Medway Viaduct.

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M2

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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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Emergency Diversion Routes

Those funny black and yellow symbols are everywhere - and they might just get you back on track one day.