Unfinished Business

M1 J1

Brent Cross, London

Earth mound: remains of unfinshed GSJ. Northbound section now utilised as M1 starting link road.

M1 [J3]

Scratchwood Services, London

Unused eastern side of roundabout at former J3. Would have connected to A41 via link road through Scratchwood Open Space.

M4 J49

Pont Abraham, Carmarthenshire

Continuation of tarmac roadway for a few metres to form unfinished stub.

M8 [J16]

Glasgow

Unused westbound exit sliproad with bridge under eastbound carriageway. Picture and description at David D Miller's site.

M9 J1

Ingliston, City of Edinburgh

Earthworks for a possible merge (slips to A8 eastbound)?

M11 J4

Woodford, London

Wide flyovers with hatched-off lanes to accomodate start of never-built M12.

M23 J7

Hooley, Surrey

Projected course of M23 northern extension running for about half a mile. Two unused overbridges.

M53

Hooton, Merseyside

Sharp bend northbound would have been slip road onto original alignment of motorway had it continued south of here on planned alignment.

M57 J7

Aintree, Merseyside
(aka Switch Island)

Unfinshed GSJ, motorway would have continued on to Southport.

M58 J5

Up Holland, Merseyside

Obvious missing north-west slip road that would connect M58 eastbound to A577 Skelmersdale Circuit Road northbound.

M58 J6

Pemberton, Lancashire

Fluted carriageways at end of M58, at junction with M6, hints at planned continuation of motorway bypassing Wigan and on to Manchester. Temporary inadequate double roundabouts and connecting road to A577 look likely to be permanent.

M60 J25-26

Bredbury, Manchester

Formerly M66 J12/M63 J15. Over-engineered sliproads reveal the originally proposed continuation of motorway as A6(M) southwards across A560. See a scan (GIF, 427kB) from a late 1990s Manchester A-Z (as originally posted to SABRE by mediaman_12).

M65 J1a

Preston, Lancashire

Fluted junction, leading to what would have been a Preston western bypass crossing the River Ribble all the way to the missing J2 on M55.

M67

Denton, Manchester

Motorway starts at roundabout interchange with M60 and A57 with fluted sliproads and earth mound.

M69

Enderby, Leicestershire

Wide separation of carriageways at northern end of motorway before J21 of M1, possibly to have accomodated northern slips to M1 before improvements to the Leicester western ring road and the A46.

M74 J1

Glasgow

Unfinished GSJ, awaiting M74 extension to Glasgow city centre.

M80 J3

Stepps, East Dunbartonshire

Strip of land awaiting motorway extension. Overbridge.

A1

Markham Moor, Nottinghamshire

Earth mound forming part of a unrealised flyover. Probably to be utilised soon as part of further A1 improvements.

A5

Shenstone, Staffordshire

Earth mounds: unfinshed GSJ. Doubtful this will be realised as M6 Toll is being built right alongside.

A14

Felixstowe, Suffolk

Right at the end of the A14, just outside Felixstowe Town there are some earth mounds for a projected flyover leading towards the A154.

A27

Arundel, West Sussex

Unfinished GSJ, to be part of town bypass.

A30

Bodmin, Cornwall

Fluted junction, probably to be included in the Bodmin - Indian Queens link.

A35

Tolpuddle, Dorset

Continuation of tarmacked surface for a few metres at the Dorchester end.

A47

Dereham, Norfolk

Several double-span bridges ready for future dualling.

A47

Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Unused flyover mounds at each end of the town bypass. The western mounds are to be used as part of the Hardwick Junction Improvements [put link here].

A59

Clitheroe, Lancashire

Several double-span bridges ready for future dualling.

A65

Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Unused section of dual carriageway at the end of the Burley-in-Wharfedale bypass.

A69

Styford, Northumberland

Roundabout junction with A68 southbound (northbound is GSJ): earth mounds ready for unrealised overpass.

A69

Hexham, Northumberland

Fluted raised roundabout junction with space for underpass; a short distance from the junction above.

A133

Clacton, Essex

Three overbridges ready for possible future dualling of this road.

A329

Reading, Berkshire

Aborted flyover on Queen's Road at the London Street/Duke Street junction. Known locally as the "ski jump".

A444

Coventry, West Midlands

Earth mounds: possible unrealised GSJ off M6 J3.

A465

Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff

Wide approaches to roundabout with A4061, and double-span footbridge, leaving room to accomodate future grade-separation and dualling. Futher west, space for pair of sliproads to industrial estate.

A500

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Two rounabouts in central Stoke connected by a dual carriageway with very wide central reservation. Obviously sliproads intended on approach to both roundabouts.

A533

Runcorn, Cheshire

Unfinished GSJ at Brookvale.

A555

Handforth, Manchester

Unfinished GSJ on incomplete Hazel Grove - Manchester Airport link road.

A1134

Cambridge

Vacant strip of land for the abandoned ring road project at the end of Cam Causeway, just north of River Cam. End of wide residential road since closed in with a pair of houses. See also this comprehensive photo tour on Toby Speight's site.

A5209

Shevington Moor

Fluted carriageways just before T-junction totso off M6 J27: possible aborted GSJ for dualled link to north Wigan. Shallow overbridge also visible crossing nothing.

[Unclassified]

Stansted Airport Approach Road

Classic combo of fluted carriageways and large at-grade roundabout clearly shows future-proofing for a GSJ here.