Spaghetti Junction
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Spaghetti Junction is a nickname that can given to a complicated or massively intertwined interchange, such that it resembles a plate of spaghetti. It is the colloquial name for several road junctions:
- Gravelly Hill Interchange, the intersection of the M6 motorway, A38(M) motorway A38 road and A5127 road in Birmingham, England.
- Tom Moreland Interchange, the intersection of the major roadways Interstate 85 and Interstate 285 just northeast of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
- Golden Glades Interchange, the intersection of Interstate 95 with Florida's Turnpike, US 441, SR 9 and the Palmetto Expressway in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- Central Motorway Junction, the intersection of New Zealand State Highways 1 and 16 south of the city centre of Auckland, New Zealand.
- The interchange between Interstate 35W, and Interstate 94 in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Kennedy Interchange, the intersection of Interstates 64, 65 and 71 at the northeastern edge of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- Springvale Junction, the intersection between Princes Highway, Springvale Road, and Police/Centre Roads in the south-east of Melbourne.
- The Kreuz Kaiserberg intersection of German Autobahnen A 3 and A 40.
- The intersections of the Stevenson and Dan Ryan expressways (Interstate 55 at Interstates 90/94) south of downtown Chicago, Illinois.
- The intersection of Interstate 15 and US 93/US 95 (signed as Interstate 515) in downtown Las Vegas.
- E.B. Cloete Interchange, the intersection of the N2 and N3 freeways in Durban, South Africa. See N2/N3 Spaghetti Junction
- Marquette Interchange, the intersection of Interstate 94 with Interstate 43, & Interstate 794 in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Spaghetti Bowl, the intersection of Interstate 80 with Route 23 and US 46 in Wayne Township, New Jersey.
- A future interchange with Interstate 65 and (future) Interstate 22 in Birmingham, Alabama. The interchange is expected to have 14 bridges, cost $143 Million, and be the largest interchange in the U.S. State of Alabama. This interchange is being constructed no less than 2 miles north of current busiest interchange in Alabama involving Interstate 65 and 20/59, itself known by the nickname Malfunction Junction.
