2023 New Year update 05 January 2023
Happy New Year! We're back, after a brief hiatus, with news of recent developments and exciting things to come.
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Roads.org.uk
Twenty Years 24 August 2021
It's our 20th birthday! Join us as we celebrate with the return of a much-missed feature.
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Knowledge is power 18 February 2021
We're expanding our information pages to provide better coverage of the basics - perfect if you're new to the world of road enthusiasts or if you're just dropping by to answer a question.
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The end of Road Schemes 28 March 2020
It's the end of the road for our coverage of current road construction projects.
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A new look 27 February 2020
After 18 years, a new look for the Motorway Database's famous exit lists.
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A new name for a very old website 11 August 2018
CBRD is 17 years old this month... and it's not called CBRD any more.
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The future of Road Schemes 23 January 2018
Should we continue tracking current road construction projects?
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Welcome to the new CBRD 06 June 2017
After a few quiet months, the new-look website is finally here.
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Fifteen Years 03 September 2016
In August 2016, CBRD turned 15 years old. Join us for a tour of the last 15 years, looking at what's changed on the UK road network and what we've learned.
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What's new
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.
The forever bottleneck, part 1
The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.
Have you seen...
M1-A1 Link Road
Those last few miles of the M1 east of Leeds were completed in 1999. It looks for the most part like a fairly average piece of road, but one of the project's engineers describes some of the challenges that were faced.
