Interchanges

Cloverleaf

Four symmetrical loops — it's impossible to miss a cloverleaf. If you can find one, that is.

LILO

A junction with no bridges and not much choice if you're on the side road.

Fork

It might be the simplest type of interchange there is. One way on and one way off: a fork in the road.

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Skid Risk, Accident, Fog

For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.

All change

In July 2024, a new Government entered office with a very different set of priorities. What does it mean for a faltering roads programme?

A century of motorways

It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.

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To the Limit

Speed limits are more emotive and divisive than almost anything else about the road network. How do you sort the fact from the opinion? And how did we end up with the speed limits we have?