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Gateshead Highway 11 October 2014

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.

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Mancunian Way 16 August 2008

Manchester's highway in the sky, carrying traffic around the city centre and rapidly becoming an iconic part of the city's heritage.

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Hogarth Flyover 3 February 2007

It makes the traffic situation in one part of West London much more bearable — yet it should have been removed more than quarter of a century ago. But then it's amazing what you can do with a big Meccano kit.

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Liverpool Inner Motorway 29 May 2004

There's almost no evidence of Liverpool's 1960's plans for an inner ring road on the ground - but the motorway that never materialised would have been astonishing. The full details on the route, and the missing part the M62, are here.

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The 3D zebra

Some 3D paint tricks mean one London zebra crossing is no longer taking its job lying down.

What's wrong with the Aberdeen bypass?

The A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is the biggest road construction project the UK has seen for years - but there's something very wrong with the bridge over the River Don.

The Minister's cake

In 1968, the Minister of Transport travelled up to Yorkshire to open a long length of the brand new M1. There was just one problem. Where was the cake?

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Hogarth Flyover

It makes the traffic situation in one part of West London much more bearable — yet it should have been removed more than quarter of a century ago. But then it's amazing what you can do with a big Meccano kit.