A love letter to a motorway (sorry, turnpike) in the New York Times (gift link) feels as if it was written specifically for me.
On the New Jersey Turnpike
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Stafford station, 2025
Bridges, Manchester, 2024
The A58 in Halifax, 2024
Michael’s Bridge, leading into the grounds of Eton College, 2024
On M62 reservoirs
Steve could make a wet reservoir look good 😍 And does! This is really interesting actually, despite living in Manchester once upon a time I didn’t realise how much earthworks the M62 required until I saw it written down all in one place.
Moorgate Station to Liverpool Street Station tunnel, London, 2024
I thought CityMapper was sending me walkies round London for no reason but it was just trying to show me a very long, very repetitive pedestrian tunnel, DUH 🤦🏼♂️ And I’m so thankful for that!
Bridges, Newcastle, 2024
Bridges, bridges, bridges, bridges!
Hadrian Bridge, Newcastle, 2024
The rather pompously named, but still pleasant, Hadrian Bridge, over Newcastle’s Central Motorway.
This may be a good time to shout out Newcastle University’s Co-Curate website, which has come in extremely useful when factchecking (believe it or not, I do bother), and comes with a very rich library of pictures of buildings in the city, which came in useful when researching my one building across three eras post a few weeks ago.
Sound barrier, Newcastle, 2024
Is this a real sound barrier, or just a sort of visual flourish from whoever designed the A167(M)?