How is the Gravelly Hill interchange more commonly known?
Gravelly Hill Interchange Gravelly Hill Interchange Gravelly Hill Interchange, better known throughout the UK by its nickname Spaghetti Junction, is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the A38(M) Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England. The interchange was opened on 24 May 1972. The interchange's colloquial name "Spaghetti Junction" was coined in 1965 by journalists from the "Birmingham Evening Mail". On 1 June 1965, reporter Roy Smith described plans for the then unbuilt junction as a "cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a Staffordshire knot" and sub-editor Alan Eaglesfield headlined the article
Gravelly Hill and national depots. Gravelly Hill railway station is part of the Cross-City Line. Gravelly Hill is part of the Stockland Green ward of Birmingham City Council. However it was previously a ward in its own right and also formed part of the Erdington Constituency. The previous ward was occasionally won by the Conservatives, with the mother of current Conservative Councillor for Erdington Robert Alden, narrowly losing the seat in 1976 elections. His father was parliamentary candidate in 1975-79 for the area, gaining one of the largest swings in the country in 1979. Gravelly Hill Gravelly Hill is an area of