M25
We need to talk about Wisley 01 April 2024
National Highways are spending a third of a billion pounds rebuilding one of the most congested junctions on the M25. Is it money well spent?
The strange story of Ringway 4 09 November 2019
The fourth and final of London's unbuilt ring roads is now back online in our Ringways pages.
The life and death of Ringway 3 25 July 2019
The next pages in our series on London's unbuilt motorways are now online, charting the strange story of Ringway 3.
Opening booklets
In days gone by, new roads were often celebrated with a grand opening ceremony and the issue of a commemorative booklet heralding the exciting new highway. You'll find some of them here, complete with a glimpse of all that empty tarmac and a healthy dose of modernist optimism.
The rise and fall of the second hard shoulder 20 September 2017
One hard shoulder's enough for one carriageway, right? Well...not according to one long-lost design standard.
Orange appeal 11 September 2017
An update on Highways England's new orange emergency lay-bys.
Smart Motorways
Motorways used to be really simple. Now they have electronic signals, variable speed limits, emergency lay-bys, part-time hard shoulders... Just what is so smart about Smart Motorways?
What's new
A century of motorways
It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.
Schrödinger’s speed limit
In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.
Sorry, wrong number
Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?
Have you seen...
All of the A6118
A peculiar road near Peterborough with an interesting history. And it's only a mile long.
