Gateshead Highway
The unloved and unfinished Gateshead Highway is due to be demolished. Take a look at the road that Gateshead can't wait to get rid of.
The unloved and unfinished Gateshead Highway is due to be demolished. Take a look at the road that Gateshead can't wait to get rid of.
The humble West Yorkshire town of Halifax may well be the creator of the most adventurous urban road scheme in the country. It's astonishing, but what was built isn't even the half of it.
Common sense suggests that you shouldn't be able to spend so much money on heavy engineering and end up with such a terrible road system.
New Towns are fascinating places socially and architecturally - and, of course, in terms of roads. This article explores one example from start to finish.