Then and Now - 60 years of the Dartford Crossing

To celebrate the 60th birthday of the iconic Crossing, we travel back in time to look at its history, and how it revolutionised road travel between Kent and Essex.
Vintage footage, unseen images from the National Highways archive and interviews with the team who built the crossing tell the story of one of the country’s most important roads.
Find out more about the history of the Dartford Crossing and the vital role it continues to play: nationalhighwa...
Photo credits: Paul Smith (author), The Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing: A Photographic History