Spaghetti junction is “Britain’s Worst Interchange”

**Bob** · 5th April 2009, 07:10

If ever any of you come over to the UK, you might want to avoid the following roads...

Birmingham’s ‘Spaghetti Junction’ has been named Britain’s ‘worst interchange’ in a survey undertaken by Autoglass.

Officially named the Gravelly Hill Interchange, 45% of those surveyed voted for the labyrinth that connects a range of both major and minor roads to three motorways.

In second place with 25% was Swindon’s ‘Magic Roundabout’ – where five mini-roundabout systems orbit a larger central roundabout, with the central one rotating in a different direction to it’s satellites.

13% of the vote was for the Boreham Interchange. This interchange in Essex features five arms to the junction (four primary routes), it also has access routes to local roads and a service area – resulting in three often enormously-cluttered roundabouts.

The Magic Roundabout was previously voted 3rd worst junction on Earth in a 2007 survey held by Auto Express, behind the I-710/-105 interchange in Los Angeles and the A9 in Shanghai. Spaghetti junction trailed in at a lowly 9th.

**James Deuce** · 5th April 2009, 07:15

Yes, I hated that place when we were there. I can understand how that one won.

One curious thing about the UK though is how incredibly difficult it is to get to some towns. Salisbury is impossible to enter by vehicle if you don't know the "secret".