The joy of motorways
Motortorque
30 August 2007
Next year is the 50th anniversary of the birth of the British motorway. While the Germans had been racing round on Hitler-endorsed Autobahns since the 1930s, it wasn’t until 1958 and the bright optimism of the post-war boom that the eight mile Preston bypass opened – and a [...]
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"Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness."
- Haruki Murakami