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Eyewitness: Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham

Eyewitness: Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham
It is 40 years since the Gravelly Hill Interchange - much better known as Spaghetti Junction, a term coined by a local journalist – was opened by the then transport secretary Peter Walker, who hailed it as 'the future of motoring'. The labyrinth of five levels supported by 559 concrete columns, rising above rivers, canals, and Aston Villa's ground, cost £10.8m to build Illustration: Andrew Fox for the Guardian
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