Spaghetti Junction: Forty Years
The iconic Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham celebrates forty years today.
Spaghetti junction repairs
It costs £7m a year to maintain the junction and because it's split over 5 levels making repairs pretty tricky.
Salt from winter gritting eats into the concrete and decaying sections are cut away using a super high-pressure water jet. They're then cleaned up with a pneumatic hammer and re-concreted back to their original condition.
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Spaghetti Junction: Forty years
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Spaghetti Junction, designed to link major motorways, with the heart of Birmingham.
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Spaghetti Junction art
Art lovers are being told 'lie back and think of Brum' in an exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Spaghetti Junction.