Fifty years of Spaghetti Junction: How Birmingham's M6 Interchange became famous - Daily Mail

Composed of 559 concrete columns, what is Junction 6 on the M6 motorway - the largest in Europe when it opened - turns 50 years old this week. Above: The junction in 1972.

When blueprints for Birmingham's Gravelly Hill Interchange emerged in 1965, they were described by a local journalist as looking like 'a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt… [+9758 chars]

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