the plans were examined by journalists at the Birmingham Mail in 1965. Reporter Roy Smith then made his infamous comments, under the headline of 'Spaghetti Junction'. Construction actually ...

Overnight repair works to Spaghetti Junction are progressing well, authorities said. National Highways is making improvements to the Gravelly Hill Interchange on the iconic Birmingham intersection ...

Michael Dring works for Birmingham City University. For half a century, Gravelly Hill Interchange – affectionately known as Spaghetti Junction – has divided opinion. Opening to much acclaim on ...

But Birmingham's notorious Spaghetti Junction may soon rank alongside the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza and the Hoover Dam by being visible from space. The local council today unveiled ...

At Salford Junction, the Grand Union Canal, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and Tame Valley Canal meet Spaghetti Junction was given its name by newspaper reporter Roy Smith, who said that from the ...

The road system was nicknamed Spaghetti Junction by Roy Smith, a journalist for the Birmingham Mail. After seeing plans for the massive structure, Mr Smith said it looked like "a cross between a ...

Spaghetti Junction has been described as 'a mess ... Read more: I went to Birmingham's 'desperately underrated' attraction and wanted to shove my head in a fly trap Sign up for the Brum Food ...

Spaghetti Junction was originally called Gravelly Hill Interchange but was re-christened after Birmingham-based journalist Roy Smith came up with the pasta-inspired name. Opened on 24 May 1972 ...

24. In 1998, Birmingham Cathedral had a new set of vestments designed which included Spaghetti Junction as seen from the air. 25. ‘Spaghetti Junction’ has its own entry in the Oxford English ...

Tourists receive a guided tour of Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham; the UK’s “most unlikely tourist attraction”. Among the group was physiotherapist William James, 27, who wanted to learn ...

It was later dubbed Spaghetti Junction by newspaper reporter, Roy Smith, when he worked on the Birmingham Mail. Mystifying some motorists, its numerous carriageways, supported by more than 500 ...