The Spaghetti

by Chris Neophytou

A5/148mm x 210mm
40 pages

Saddle stitched
(stapled)
120gsm uncoated
Edition of 50
2019

More than just linked roadways, flyovers and undercrofts, The Spaghetti Junction is deeply tied to the history of Birmingham.

Gravelly Hill Interchange, better known throughout the UK by its nickname Spaghetti Junction, is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England. The interchange was opened on 24 May 1972.

Although so much of the design of Gravelly Hill Interchange is determined by the need to link roads through several built-up areas with the minimum demolition and disruption, its structure has taken on a distinct aesthetic quality.

The Spaghetti Junction is a living and constantly changing part of the city, by turns hidden and revealed by nature, graffiti and perpetual maintenance. This book is a kind of poem about the Gravelly Hill Interchange