Construction of Spaghetti Junction

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Interesting little film. Wasn’t there something about the construction was done badly and bribes paid to inspectors to ingnore depth of surfacing or lack of it. I think someone went to prison over it in the 90’s

There are people buried in it too. :wink:

I remember them building this very well, I worked in the area at the time and it was bloody chaos… :unamused:

Who named it spaghetti junction? Stevie Wonder

In the 90s they had to replace lots of columns underneth the raised deck of the m6 near spaghetti junction because the concrete was crumbling,at the time it was only 20 yrs old.
Really bad construction.

Smee:
I remember them building this very well

Care to rephrase that? :wink:

I love the health and safety or lack of it at the beginning with the pile driving

nickyboy:
I love the health and safety or lack of it at the beginning with the pile driving

Not a hi-viz in sight :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

That film is part of a three part series made by the BBC called the secret life of the motorway. Which was a history of the uk motorway network. Well worth a watch if you get a chance.

Music reminds me of GCSE educational vhs’s at school.

kr79:
That film is part of a three part series made by the BBC called the secret life of the motorway. Which was a history of the uk motorway network. Well worth a watch if you get a chance.

Ah-ha! Knew I’d seen it somewhere before but couldn’t think where! Thanks for that, it was bugging me, sad cow that I am… :blush: :grimacing: