| Comment | Yes, actually. The [M23 ends in a weird split where traffic is shunted onto two roads only to come back together as the A23.](https://www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B034'31.8%22N+0%C2%B014'06.4%22W/@51.2793974,-0.1548064,1258m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xafa9de4e62b89793!8m2!3d51.5755!4d-0.2351?hl=en)
However, the moment you look at the junction from above you can see why, it's clearly unfinished and ends where a junction should be.
What you can't see is where the M23 was meant to end: [Streatham](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Streatham+High+Rd,+London/@51.4253488,-0.1324227,558m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876069ca60e67f3:0xd7a97b8c4cd76eb3!8m2!3d51.4255978!4d-0.1308087?hl=en). Zoom out, draw a rough line between it and the M23 to the south and see if you can figure out why it was cancelled.
According to the planners in the 1960's, approximately 30,000 houses would have to be demolished to allow the motorway to bulldoze its way through south London. Locals were (somewhat understandably) not amused. |
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