M22 (NI)

M22 (Northern Ireland)

Antrim to Randalstown

The M22 is a direct continuation west from one end of one half of the Northern Ireland M2. You could be forgiven for thinking you were on the M2, and the road doesn't get any less confusing after that.

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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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Queensway Tunnel

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