2010

SP0990 : Unseen underside - Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham

taken 14 years ago, near to Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, England

Unseen underside - Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham
Unseen underside - Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham
A scene perhaps unsuspected and unknown to some of the drivers passing overhead on the M6. In this view the River Tame, the Grand Union Canal on the aqueduct ahead and to the left the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. After approval in 1784, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal was completed in 1789, the engineer being John Smeaton. A start was made on the M6 in 1958 and the route was eventually completed in 1971. The Bromford Viaduct between Castle Bromwich and Brierley Hill is said to be the longest viaduct in Britain, at 3.5 miles (Wikipedia). Time taken 9.36 am GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

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This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Tweeted from @geograph_bi in September 2014 Automatic Clusters: · Grand Union Canal [24] · River Tame Aqueduct [18] · GMT Greenwich Mean Time [9] ·
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SP0990, 181 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Martin Richard Phelan   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 14 January, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 31 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 0968 9002 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:30.4794N 1:51.5286W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 0964 9003
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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