M54

M54

Wolverhampton to Telford

The M54 is Telford's very own motorway, connecting Shropshire to Wolverhampton and the West Midlands via the M6.

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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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Harry Yeadon

A civil engineer, working principally in the North West of England, responsible for many of the area's motorways.