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.
Updates
Here are all the posts made on the blog and the front page describing updates and changes to other parts of the website.
They are arranged with the latest updates at the top.
The thrill of the open road 10 June 2020
Three more commemorative booklets have been added to the website, published at the opening of three very different motorway projects.
The end of Road Schemes 28 March 2020
It's the end of the road for our coverage of current road construction projects.
London's missing northern motorways 13 March 2020
The next set of pages in our Ringways series are now online, documenting motorways in and out of London to the north and east.
A new look 27 February 2020
After 18 years, a new look for the Motorway Database's famous exit lists.
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The strange story of Ringway 4 9 November 2019
The life and death of Ringway 3 25 July 2019
The next pages in our series on London's unbuilt motorways are now online, charting the strange story of Ringway 3.
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A470 in the Motorway Database 28 May 2019
The bold and unique Cardiff to Merthyr expressway arrives in our database of major roads.
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How to build a motorway 27 April 2019
We've just published nearly 500 aerial photographs of the M65 under construction. Prepare to be fascinated!
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The Boring Talks 21 January 2019
Roads.org.uk finds itself on BBC Radio 4, with news of some roads that don't exist.
The return of Ringway 2 20 December 2018
The next set of pages exploring London's unbuilt motorways are back online, this time looking at the reviled Ringway 2.
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.
A dose of 1960s optimism 29 June 2018
Booklets published to mark the opening of the Westway and the M1 at Hendon are added to the site.
The design disaster at Deptford 9 May 2018
The A36-A303 interchange at Deptford is added to Bad Junctions.
The UK's latest motorway 19 March 2018
Putting new roads on the map 5 March 2018
An update on the future of Road Schemes and a brand new feature that makes it easier to use.
The story of London's motorways 20 February 2018
The history of London's abandoned motorway plans, from the earliest ideas of the 20th Century to the political fights and protests of the 1970s, is back on CBRD.
The Ross Motorway 27 January 2018
The commemorative book published to mark the opening of the M50 is now available on CBRD.
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Back to the Forth 14 January 2018
Some new photos of the Queensferry Crossing arrive in our Forth Bridges gallery.
London's surviving gas lights 8 January 2018
A new photo gallery tracks down some of London's oldest and loveliest street lights.