But, it wasn’t called a roundabout, it was a ‘gyratory flow’ system. We just don't have big long roads like in the American or Australian deserts. Of course I would.Before we go any further, I assume it did not escape your attention - it certainly didn’t escape mine - that the A66 is I will accept the ‘M’ appearing in brackets, in an upgraded A-road fashion. The elevated bit past all the old factories during that aforementioned Birmingham section, the rush of freedom of finally leaving the bloody M1 - and by, association - the gravitational pull of London - when you finally pull off at Junction 19, the feeling of entering the ‘serious north’ as you sail past Manchester and Preston and then, finally, the unadulterated natural sweeping beauty as you head up into the Lakes and up toward Carlisle. A section of the A15 (between Scampton and the M180) provides the longest stretch of straight road in the UK.

How did we get here, and where are we going? This map shows the location of smart motorways in the UK as of 2017. M6: Catthorpe, Leicestershire — Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire: 236 miles (379.8km) The longest, oldest and arguably most important motorway in the UK starts in Catthorpe in Leicestershire and sweeps past some of the country’s greatest cities before finishing in Gretna Green, just north of the Scottish border. There is nothing to recommend it. In February 1996 there was a two-mile protest march along the route attended by 5,000 people, the largest recorded road-building demonstration in Britain, the book says.Spaghetti Junction in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham is Britain’s most complex interchangeSpaghetti Junction in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham is Britain’s most complex interchange. Actually, don’t: you’ll be flattened in seconds.As a student of geography, I cannot help but be drawn to the M48. That said, the M6 Toll is to experience, albeit merely for 27 brief miles, how the other half live. Traffic volume is low, speeds are high, and the roads are smooth as silk: truly, the Double Caramel Galaxy of motorways. It was actually the Preston bypass. Glasgow: A38(M) A spur from the M6 at the Gravelly Hill Interchange (Spaghetti Junction) to central Birmingham, also known as the Aston Expressway. The study of British and Irish roads - their construction, numbering, history, mapping, past and future official roads proposals and general roads musings. Book me in!
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Just me and my blue Clio powered by a diet of Red Bull, grab bag hula hoops and Crunchie Rocks.Nonetheless, driving along a motorway, with a great album on the stereo (and Red Bull, grab bag hula hoops and Crunchie Rocks on the passenger seat), letting the mind wander, sorting out all those pressing mental decisions you’d been suppressing during the busy working week: it’s one of life’s pleasures.

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From watersports to donkey rides, Great Yarmouth - where Ed Sheeran has a holiday home - offers the quintessential British beach breakCoronavirus crackdown on Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, Rhodes and Crete: Greece closes bars from midnight to 7am and demands Swedish, Spanish and Dutch travelers arrive with proof of a negative test The world's last remaining Blockbuster rental store is being listed on Airbnb, with stays costing just $4 and the shelves fully stocked for a monster 90s movie marathonLondon's calling if you want a perfect day out or a mini-break in the UK… with no crowdsGreat British boltholes: Tickton Grange Country House Hotel has Yorkshire hospitality... down to a teaReal-life Ewok villages! Near Junction 2 you can just hop, skip and jump merrily across a section of motorway. They’re probably good, but I’m sticking with Britain for now (I am, however, still going with UK in the headline for SEO purposes. Shocking traffic, goes past Luton, and contains the most mindnumbingly dull stretch of motorway in the UK between Junctions 13 and 14 which goooess ooonnn fooorrrreevvveeer. ShortList is now ad free and supported by you, the users.

We're panning for gold in the Amazon film library to bring you these brilliant Prime Video treats. Sometimes I think, “Would it be so bad if I were to drive off the QEII bridge so I don’t have to go any further along the M25?” and then I think, “No, don’t be so melodramatic Dave, it could be worse, as you could be on one of the five motorways below instead.”Bloody hell, the M1 is epically awful.

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Where is the longest straight road in the world? Mesmerising pictures of Germany's incredible treetop walkways, which feature tunnel slides and breathtaking forest viewsWhat a bootiful trip: Campervans sold out? Half an hour after the then Secretary of State for Transport Brian Mawhinny gave the green light for it in 1995 he resigned. It is a total mystery and I hate it.