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Studland Motor Road 2 October 2010

The first motorway opened in 1958. The first road restricted to motor traffic, on the other hand, opened in 1923...

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What's wrong with the Aberdeen bypass?

The A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is the biggest road construction project the UK has seen for years - but there's something very wrong with the bridge over the River Don.

The Minister's cake

In 1968, the Minister of Transport travelled up to Yorkshire to open a long length of the brand new M1. There was just one problem. Where was the cake?

The Boring Talks

Roads.org.uk finds itself on BBC Radio 4, with news of some roads that don't exist.

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Even in the 1960s heyday of roadbuilding, some people said you could never build your way out of congestion. Glasgow had plans to prove them wrong.

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Studland Motor Road 2 October 2010