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A busy motorway has been closed in both directions due to an "incident", police have said. The M1 in Hertfordshire is closed heading northbound between junction five for Watford and junction six ...
All lanes have reopened following a crash on the M1 in Leicestershire. National Highways said the collision happened on a northbound stretch of road between junction 20 for Lutterworth and ...
A busy motorway was closed for about eight hours after a lorry crashed into the central reservation. Two cars and the LGV collided on the M1 in South Yorkshire just before 03:00 BST on Thursday ...
There had been plans before the Second World War for a motorway network in the United Kingdom. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu formed a company to build a 'motorway-like road' from London to Birmingham in 1923, [4] but it was a further 26 years before the Special Roads Act 1949 was passed, which allowed for the construction of roads limited to specific vehicle classifications, and in the 1950s, the ...
The road's altitude and its exposure to the weather over the Woodhead Pass creates problems in winter [4] [5] when it can be closed because of snow or high winds. [6] The high altitude of the pass and its winding, narrow route through the Pennine hills makes travelling difficult, and the road is often closed.
The RAC is calling 21 December “snarl-up Saturday,” and says the heaviest traffic will be between 1 and 6pm. The AA also warns Saturday 21 and Monday 23 December will be extremely busy, with ...
In 2006 works were carried out on this junction – to widen the slip roads, to install new traffic signals, to create a dedicated left-turn lane from the A509 to the northbound M1, to widen the southbound A509 to three lanes between J14 and Northfield roundabout, and to create a new access road from the A5130 to the (then) proposed new 500 ...
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