Spaghetti Junction

E284387
grade-separated junction road interchange stack interchange

Spaghetti Junction is the popular name for the complex, multi-level Gravelly Hill Interchange near Birmingham, England, known for its intricate web of motorway and road connections.

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Label Occurrences
Spaghetti Junction canonical 7

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf grade-separated junction ⓘ
road interchange ⓘ
stack interchange ⓘ
connectsToRoad A38(M) Aston Expressway ⓘ
A47 ⓘ
A5127 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1968 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses Birmingham and Fazeley Canal ⓘ
River Tame ⓘ
Tame Valley Canal ⓘ
designedBy Birmingham City Engineer’s Department ⓘ
Herbert Manzoni ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance iconic example of complex motorway interchange in the UK ⓘ
hasLengthApprox 2.5 miles ⓘ
hasMaterial reinforced concrete ⓘ
hasNickname Spaghetti Junction ⓘ
hasNumberOfColumnsApprox 500 ⓘ
hasNumberOfLevels 5 ⓘ
hasNumberOfRoadsConnected 18 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSlipRoads 40 ⓘ
hasStructureType flyover ⓘ
viaduct ⓘ
hasTrafficRole major junction on M6 ⓘ
inspiredBy Los Angeles freeway interchanges ⓘ
junctionNumberOnM6 6 ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
locatedInCountry England ⓘ
locatedInRegion West Midlands ⓘ
locatedOnMotorwaySection M6 between junctions 6 and 7 ⓘ
maintainedBy National Highways ⓘ
nearCity Birmingham city centre ⓘ
nearPlace Aston, Birmingham ⓘ
surface form: Aston

Gravelly Hill ⓘ
notableFor complex multi-level design ⓘ
dense web of slip roads ⓘ
officialName Gravelly Hill Interchange ⓘ
openedBy Peter Walker ⓘ
openingDate 1972-05-24 ⓘ
partOfMotorway M6 motorway ⓘ
partOfNetwork British motorway network ⓘ
roadType motorway interchange ⓘ
servesCity Birmingham ⓘ
servesRegion West Midlands ⓘ
surface form: West Midlands conurbation

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M6 motorway → notableStructure → Spaghetti Junction ⓘ
Outkast – Stankonia → containsTrack → Spaghetti Junction ⓘ
subject surface form: Stankonia
Aston, Birmingham → near → Spaghetti Junction ⓘ
Aston, Birmingham → hasLandmark → Spaghetti Junction ⓘ
M6 → notableSection → Spaghetti Junction ⓘ
I-285 and I-85 interchange (Spaghetti Junction) → alsoKnownAs → Spaghetti Junction ⓘ
Spaghetti Junction → hasNickname → Spaghetti Junction ⓘ