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trevor.
When the pile holes were drilled for the supports of the junction, I worked as a tipper driver and we removed all the soil from the holes. I worked for an Acocks Green Firm called W.J. Law & sons

Andy Jenkins
Given that you state that over 160,000 per day travel across Spaghetti Junction, even if the maintenance bill doubled to £4million the cost per vehicle would still be less than 7p each.Given how much we pay each vehicle in road tax per year this sounds like a bargain to keep such a main artery open.Remember the chaos caused during election year 1997 when the stretch of motorway just north of Spaghetti was closed for over 24hours?Working in transport I remember it clearly - it took one of our drivers 4.5 hours to get from Aston to Walsall!The UK economy would soon grind to a halt without Spaghetti...This stretch of motorway is the equivalent of the aorta of the country!Love it, or hate it - we couldn't live without it...

Anna SImmons
Fantastic piece of work. I do miss using it, The Kiwi road engineers could do with something like that to help them out in Auckland. But they wouldn't have a clue how to build it let alone motor on it!

Mr Andrew Clarkson
This is a truly iconic design structure, that should be preserved and maintained forever and not replaced ever.

Ruby
i dont agree with the 'ugly' commment, its quite pretty actually. and very useful, i use it nearly everyday and the only problem is the traffic but that has nothing to do with the spaghetti junction itself. Overall a fantastic piece of civil engineering. Maybe something should be done about the traffic issues...road pricing???

Asem
Great LAndmark! The best junctionin the Europe!

John Kirk (Sutton Coldfield)
Fantastic piece of 1970s civil engineering, held together with giant jubilee clips. Light it up like a disco and make it a proper landmark at night. It's going to be there for at least another 20 years until the oil runs out so let's make the most of it !

Susan
Great fast way to get across the city, if everyone drove properly on it, then it would work better...the speed limit is 50 not 20!!!

Martin Eyre
I used to be a drivers mate in the late seventies, and our depot was under the shadow of spaghetti junction right on the island on the Tyburn road next to the canal, the company i worked for was T & S Element.One day we were based in the yard as our tanker was in for a new gearbox, and i was given various duties at the yard, when one summers day a man in a brown suit came walking down the ramp to the canal side? I didn't intervene i just kept an eye on him, he sat down and started to tie some string around his ankles, so i walked over to him and as i approached the man had managed some how to tie some string to his hands, he promptly threw himself into the canal and started screaming for help!!?? I sprinted off (yes i know) and got some help and we fished this geezer out and took him inside and wrapped him in some towels, the police were caled and as soon as they arrived they recognised him from the mental hospital in Erdington! Poor chap, it wasn't funny at the time well alright it was a bit funny but surreal to see someone do that casually tie themselves up and then dump themselves in the cut! There are more funny stories attached the that place but maybe for another time?Cheers Mart

dooch
Iconic!! Nuff said big it up big it up the birmingham crew

Stacey Christie
I was born just on the Fork of Gravelly Hill and Kingsbury Road. I remember the traffic getting busier on a weekly basis. Gravelly Hill Interchange has been part of my familys life since before it's construction. It's a fantastic piece of architecture. It still works today, even though the volume of vehicles has increased beyond all expectations.My father worked on the police section and spent his life mopping up when it all went wrong for the motorists. Happy Birthday Gravelly Hill Interchange!

James
Very Ugly, perhaps take what china have done and put some lights underneath to make it a bit prettier