Spaghetti Junction

Fascinating footage of the Gravelly Hill Interchange from 1971, the most interesting thing about it is how different the Spaghetti Junction (as it is more commonly known) looks sans traffic! I've lived within earshot of this since 1975, hopefully one day i will move away. I'll miss that distant roar, though not that much.


How about some photos i took in 2009 underneath the interchange too? The Tame Valley Canal runs underneath the interchange (of course the canal was here long before the motorways) and there are some interesting views of the underside of the interchange which (as the railway also runs though here) is a very complicated system - though fairly straight forward if you are actually driving across it. More photos can be seen here, here and here!