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14.08.2023 - 09:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Living by a busy road is a dealbreaker for a lot of people when it comes to choosing a house. But for residents living under the UK’s busiest motorway junction it’s not a problem at all - in fact they ‘love it’.
The community who live in the shadow of Birmingham’s infamous Spaghetti Junctions say that despite the noise, pollution and traffic they like living there. One resident even claims that the traffic noise is ‘quite soothing’ and it even comes with its own ‘beach’.
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. More than 200,000 vehicles travel on it daily and it even appears in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the most complex interchange on the British road system'.
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Yet several people call this area home with houses nestled underneath the twisting five levels of motorway lanes and sprawling flyovers. Some locals admit they can be woken up early by beeping horns and boy races speeding along, while others say sirens can be heard at all hours. The traffic can also cause dust and dirt to settle in their homes, gardens and on cars.
While these factors would put a lot of people off, many residents there say they enjoy living by such an iconic landmark. Dad-of-one Brian Thomas, 45, said he found the noise of the traffic soothing and joked that it even came with its own beach - a pile of industrial sand next to the canal.Brian 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
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