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Everyone knows the M1: it's the original long-distance
superhighway, the iconic route north from London, serving the
Midlands and Yorkshire. Arguably, this is the dull one of the
set, because there is little to add from a historical point of
view. What was built is almost entirely what was intended, even
if the GLC did like to refer to it, in the manner of just
another unbuilt plan, as the "Luton Radial".  The difference is
(as ever with the radial routes) at the London end of the
motorway. While the M1 comes much closer to central London than
most existing motorway routes, it is still missing the last
couple of miles of tarmac that would have taken it to its
intended conclusion.  Outline map  Map image Continues towards
St Albans and the North Map image R4 North Orbital Road Map
image A41(M) Map image R3 Northern Section Map image Local
connections to Edgware & Stanmore Map image Stirling Corner Link
to A1 Map image Local connections to Hendon