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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 拢8.3m construction project, which has 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...

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Audio archive: British Pathe.