The urban motorway with no central barrier
A trip both ways on the A38(M) Aston Expressway, taking in bits of the M6 and the amazing Spaghetti Junction.
Filmed on 11 October 2003, the sights of Birmingham two decades ago are familiar but oddly different: there's no M6 Smart Motorway, and the Aston Expressway is full of original fittings and signs that have been swept away in the years since then.
Map extract from OS Opendata 1:250,000 Scale Colour Raster under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
With thanks to Steven Jukes for driving!
What's new
The sunlit uplands
On Saturday 31 May something historic happened. The Heads of the Valleys Road was finally complete.
Grand openings
Our much-loved Opening Booklets section has two new publications for you to explore, and we’re making some overdue changes to make them easier to find and easier to read.
Silver bullet
The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?
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Smart Motorways
Motorways used to be really simple. Now they have electronic signals, variable speed limits, emergency lay-bys, part-time hard shoulders... Just what is so smart about Smart Motorways?
