Not joined-up thinking: The mystery of the M49’s ghost junction is about to be solved

A £50m motorway junction that was built in 2019 will finally open later this year. The 160-mere link road off the M49 between Avonmouth and Severn Beach has been empty and unused ever since – a ghost junction leading nowhere. It’s possibly the smoothest patch of road in Britain, with not a pothole in sight. […]