Spaghetti junction

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The Gravelly Hill Interchange in Birmingham, England - the original Spaghetti Junction

"Spaghetti Junction" is a nickname sometimes given to a complicated or massively intertwined road traffic interchange that resembles a plate of spaghetti. The term was originally used to refer to the Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 motorway in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[1] In an article published in the Birmingham Evening Mail on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as "like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot", with the headline above the article on the newspaper's front page, written by sub-editor Alan Eaglesfield, reading "Spaghetti Junction".[2][3][4] Since then many complex interchanges around the world have acquired the nickname.

By country

 Australia

 Botswana

 Canada

 China

 Germany

 Ireland

  • Red Cow interchange is a major road junction in west Dublin, Ireland on the M50, meeting the N7 Naas Road (to Cork and Limerick) at a free-flow grade separated junction which incorporates a light railway line. The junction was approved and built between 1972 and 1973 to help accommodate the increased flow of traffic coming into Dublin from commuter areas to the west of the city.

 Italy

  • The intersection between the A51 motorway (Tangenziale Est Milano), and provincial roads SP2 (Strada provinciale Monza-Bellusco) and SP45 (Strada provinciale Villasanta-Vimercate) is a well-known spaghetti junction in the north-east of Milan. It is locally known as Incrocio delle Torri Bianche in reference to the nearby Torri Bianche commercial district in Vimercate, or Le Montagne Russe ('the roller coaster'). The spaghetti junction evolved around a much simple roundabout intersection which existed before the construction of the Torri Bianche district, and was referred to locally as Rondò dell'Esselunga, in reference to a nearby supermarket.

 Japan

  • Japan, somewhat colloquially, has adopted the term Tentacle Junction in lieu of the Western phrase.

 New Zealand

 South Africa

 United Arab Emirates

  • The interchange between E 11 (Sheikh Zayed Road) And D 71 (Al Safa Street) in Dubai.

 United Kingdom

 United States

Alabama

  • The interchange between I-65 and I-22 in Birmingham. The interchange, which is composed of 14 bridges, is the largest in the state. This interchange is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the current busiest interchange in Alabama (between I-65 and I-20/I-59) which is known locally as "Malfunction Junction".
  • I-20/I-59, US-31, US-280, 25th Street, and 26th Street in Birmingham.
  • I-565 and US-231/US-431 in Huntsville.

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Inland Southern California
Los Angeles County
The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange of I-105 and I-110 in Los Angeles.
Northern California
An aerial view of San Francisco International Airport near San Bruno, California. A spaghetti junction connects the passenger terminal roads to US 101.
Orange County
The Orange Crush interchange in Orange County, California
San Diego County
Ventura County

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

The Tom Moreland Interchange in DeKalb County, Georgia, a four level stack with frontage roads 33°53′31″N 84°15′33″W / 33.892070°N 84.259110°W / 33.892070; -84.259110

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Aerial photo of the Circle Interchange, looking southwest, Chicago.

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

The Kennedy Interchange in Louisville.

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

The South Bay Interchange in Boston.

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Newark Airport Interchange including I-78 and I-95.

New Mexico

New York

The Rochester Can of Worms Interchange.

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia International Airport centred upon the spaghetti junction interchange on I-95.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

The "Spaghetti Bowl" in South Salt Lake, Utah.

Virginia

The Springfield Interchange on the Capital Beltway in Springfield, Virginia.

Washington

Wisconsin

 Venezuela

Autopista Norte-Sur and Autopista Francisco Fajardo in Caracas

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Spaghetti junction". English Collins Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers LLC. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ Addison, Paul (2010). No Turning Back. Oxford: OUP Oxford. p. 139. ISBN 0192192671. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Spaghetti Junction myth is untangled". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  4. ^ Moran, Joe (2010). On Roads. London: Profile Books. p. 45. ISBN 1846680603. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  5. ^ Ketumile, Kesentse (25 January 2016). "Hello spaghetti, bye bye traffic circles". Botswana Daily News. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Francistown Spaghetti Junction Opens for Public Use". The Midweek Sun. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ Interchange of Hwys 401, 427 and 27, Ontario (Map). Google. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  8. ^ Six Points Interchange, Etobicoke, Ontario (Map). Google. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  9. ^ Byers, Jim (7 January 2008). "Untangling Etobicoke's messy Six Points interchange If the late Jane Jacobs had nightmares, they looked like this". Toronto Star. Star Media Group. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  10. ^ Map of interchange on Google Maps (Map). Google. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  11. ^ Chartres, John (18 December 1970). "'Spaghetti Junction' opens, without warning signs". The Times. London: News Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2012.(subscription required)
  12. ^ JJohnson, W.M. "A627(M) Rochdale–Oldham Motorway". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  13. ^ http://commuting.blog.ajc.com/2015/11/19/spaghetti-junction-tops-list-of-worst-freight-bottlenecks/
  14. ^ http://www.gribblenation.com/hfotw/exit_14.html
  15. ^ http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/spaghetti-junction/
  16. ^ Larsen, Dave (6 September 2012). "Malfunction Junction crashes down 90%". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  17. ^ Cassie Cope. "Malfunction Junction a ‘Poster Child’ for Road Needs". The State. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  18. ^ End of the road in sight for $1 billion Grapevine project, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, retrieved 21 January 2014
  19. ^ I-95?395/495 Interchage (Map). Google. Retrieved 13 May 2013.