![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-live-underneath-spaghetti-junction/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_SWNS_SPAGHETTI_LIVING_001.jpg&description=Gravelly Hill Interchange in Birmingham is one of the country's most iconic concrete structures. Some people live underneath it love it, but others don't like how noisy it is Residents living underneath an infamous road known as Spaghetti Junction have said their homes constantly get covered in dirt and their area is really noisy - but they still love it. Gravelly Hill Interchange is the UK's busiest motorway junction and is one of the country's most iconic concrete structures which turned 50 last year. It is also one of the biggest motorway interchanges in Europe, with more than 200,000 vehicles travelling on it daily. Spaghetti Junction even appears in the Guinness Book of World Records where it is described as "the most complex interchange on the British road system" - just underneath it, there is a community of people who go about their lives normally while thousands of cars pass above. Locals admit they can be woken up early by beeping horns and boy racers using the roads as a race track. Others say sirens can be heard at all hours and traffic causes dust and dirt to settle in their homes, gardens and on cars. But despite a string of issues, many residents there say they enjoy living by such an iconic landmark. Dad-of-one Brian Thomas, 45, said he finds the noise of the traffic soothing and joked that the area even comes with its own beach - a pile of industrial sand next to the canal. He said: "I don't mind it, I find the traffic quite soothing. You get used to it and it's got good transport links as you can imagine. We've also got our own beach, of sorts. What more could you want? It's a landmark recognised across the country. I'm sort of proud to live near here." Business owner Aqeel Naeem, 35, who runs a shop that repairs electrical goods, said the roads aren't an issue for him and act as a landmark. He said: 'I don't live far from here at all, have done for 10 years. It doesn't bother me. I actually enjoy it otherwise it gets quiet.vThe road is mostly busy){kind=link}
Gravelly Hill Interchange in Birmingham is one of the country’s most iconic concrete structures. Some people live underneath it love it, but others don’t like how noisy it is
Residents living underneath an infamous road known as Spaghetti Junction have said their homes constantly get covered in dirt and their area is really noisy – but they still love it.
Gravelly Hill Interchange is the UK’s busiest motorway junction and is one of the country’s most iconic concrete structures which turned 50 last year. It is also one of the biggest motorway interchanges in Europe, with more than 200,000 vehicles travelling on it daily.
Spaghetti Junction even appears in the Guinness Book of World Records where it is described as “the most complex interchange on the British road system” – just underneath it, there is a community of people who go about their lives normally while thousands of cars pass above.
Locals admit they can be woken up early by beeping horns and boy racers using the roads as a race track. Others say sirens can be heard at all hours and traffic causes dust and dirt to settle in their homes, gardens and on cars.