Crossing the Thames: An Essex History

In March 2025, plans were approved for a new lower Thames Crossing connecting Kent and Essex, but how did we get to this point?

The £8.3m construction project, which had been at least 16 years in the making, will see a new 14-mile stretch of road passing under the River Thames.

Jodie Halford looks back on the long journey of the crossing, which was first proposed in 1924...