E80 ROADS

Simon is Streets Ahead. Bruce is Close...

Getting from A to B requires a route, and if many people take the same route, that eventually becomes a road. Roads are integral to modern life, and this episode explains what they are and why they're brilliant - especially if, like Bruce, you enjoy driving. As always, click on the pics to travel down roads you never expected.

Route 66

Roman Roads

Alphabet Streets

'Roads' of the City of London

Which Side of the Road?

London Roads

The UK Road Numbering System

First UK Motorway

The Preston Bypass

M6 Toll

The Pan American Highway

The Manhattan Road System

Road Crossings UK

The most famous Zebra Crossing in the world.

Roads in fiction

Longest Roads

Australia Highway 1

Road Records

Thunderbirds Road Laying Machine - Pathfinder