Secrets of The Motorway - M50

[@Species1571]

I demand that all my locally grown organic stone bridges are grass-fed.

[@JD-eq4dp]

I was on officer based on CMPG, Central Motorway Police Group parading from the southern base at Hindlip. We covered the M50 but never routinely patrolled it as the lions share of our work was on M5, M6, M42. Whenever we did attend incidents down there it was usually at Junction 3 east bound exit slip. Vehicles would travel too fast and couldn't take the sharp left hand bend and would frequently go straight through the deviation boards/fence panels. They must have been replaced numerous times over the years. Have a look next time you're passing. 🚔

[@Crampsam]

“It seems to have been left behind in the 1960’s, having seen little to no upgrades in its lifetime” As a Herefordian, this sums up way more about the area than just the motorway

[@christopherrosindale3175]

The removed railway bridge spans were not scrapped, but instead donated to the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. They can now be found sitting stored in Horsted Keynes station yard, with their future use being a few hundred yards away as they were obtained to form a replacement for the 6-arch Sheriff Mill Viaduct, which stood just West of Horsted Keynes on the link line between there and Haywards Heath. Demolished in 1963, the viaduct will be replaced with the bridge spans, as part of the Bluebell's intended re-opening of that line.

[@adamyeates2845]

I live on the side of junction 3 of the m50. There's accidents on the sliproad on a monthly basis. It's incredibly dangerous if you're not expecting such a sharp turn. You summed it up perfectly. The fence and signage is smashed so often that they've stopped bothering to repair it. Also... Lazerpig brought me here

[@BillyKirbyUK]

No teh junction is not dangerous, it is the drivers that are! Learn how to anticipate and look ahead, then slow down!

[@ptodd3068]

Back in the day, I was an engineer on the M5/M50 and was about when the widening and re modelling of Junction 8 was designed and executed (thanks for using one of MY pictures here - the upside down lorry RTA). I don't know where the idea that making Jct. 8 a roundabout was to facilitate abnormal loads comes from, but I do not think that is true at all. The bit of road in the middle where the loads now park is, in fact, a piece of ''temporary' road that was installed to provide a temporary small roundabout during construction. Some bright spark suggested leaving it extant afterwards for the wide load use (!!). I have an aerial picture taken while works were in progress -but I don't know how to post it here . The bridge/viaduct at Kempley was hit by a lorry in 1978. Not many people know, but the rail part of the combined road/rail bridge at Ripple was last used in the year of 1982:- This was during an M5 reconstruction contract and spoil was taken to the fields alongside the M50 at the bridge location. "Someone" had the bright idea to use the redundant rail bridge as a means of U-turning the lorries, leaving and regaining the M50 with some temporary sliproads which were installed for the purpose.

[@johnenglish3429]

We frequently drove from Derby to South Wales to see family when I was a kid in the 80s. One of the many things we did to alleviate the boredom in the rear of an Austin Maxi was to try and identify the bridge that an unfortunate lorry driver hit - my mother always mentioned it and said that the driver had died of a heart attack. The middle support was noticeably newer than the rest of the bridge! From memory it was between junctions 2 and 3 - maybe the same incident you refer to in 1978?

[@ptodd3068]

@@johnenglish3429 Kempley bridge [more of a viaduct really]. About a mile and half before junction 3. 1978. The lorry veered off the carriageway and ''took out'' the pier on the verge.

[@aaronk534]

I just watched Jago and part way through, broke into a cold sweat thinking, "wait..... wheres auto?!" Now it feels right

[@bryan3550]

Methinks John and Jago may be Twins...

[@chrisoddy8744]

One does trains, one does roads. Both complete transit nerds 🤣🤣

[@PineappleSkip]

Also just watched Jago and then John and my head is spinning from all the rapid fire delivery. I give the M50 the LOL award particularly for the sh!t interchange commentary. Hoping Jago can match this next week and come up with an underground station with cattle grids. FFS, cattle grids and sh!t junctions! This is a truly bizarre motorway.

[@whyyoulidl]

@@PineappleSkip I coulda made the exact same comment 👌🏿

[@johnd6487]

That’s odd.. Jago hasn’t popped up for me yet today.. will have to go hunt

[@StuHolmes]

Considering I have almost zero interest in cars or roads, I always find myself enjoying these videos. I think you do a great job researching and writing these mini documentaries. I reckon you could talk about any other subject and I'd be onboard for listening. Great work.

[@DarrellOakdenPhotography]

This channel is my new guilty pleasure. Great British sense of humour. Thanks for all the effort entertaining and informative.

[@AutoShenanigans]

hehehe, thanks for watching mate!

[@mrsinn2642]

As an Irishman I love the casual swearing in these videos, information that has nothing to do with motorways and other shenanigans, these are actually great story telling videos! Well done John, you created a nice niche.

[@johnlladron735]

The weekly dose of road-related trivia and things. The drone/map wotsit thing is really handy to understand just how crazy some of those junctions are. Thanks very much for another fab video in this series.

[@rorytaylor3761]

The railway bridge spans removed in 2012 are now at the Bluebell Railway where they will be used one day to extend the line toward Haywards Heath.

[@derekmarshall6332]

6:58 That sign behind you looks of a style to be old enough to be reminiscent of the original motorway sign designs. A classic Mr Floppy turning

[@fredbloggs8072]

Jon stood next to that cattle grid for 3 days, waiting for an E-Type to drive over it.

[@AutoShenanigans]

It took bloody ages to film that bit... the constant traffic and noise etc was a nightmare. Just as I'm about to leave that lovely E type turns the corner!

[@Nick-pr5gw]

“I think this is because of bridge repairs and maintenance vehicles “ says John, with a fevered excitement on his lips! Your a rare and wonderful man John

[@jameswells6106]

I live in the village at J3, I strongly believe it's the worst junction in Britain. Every month or two someone goes through the fence when exiting and ends up in the woods. There's also a golf course on the far side and it's not unheard of for golf balls to end up on the eastbound carriageway

[@Neandertron]

I love the M50. Use it regularly travelling down to Wales, and mysteriously I always get through it much quicker than my GPS thinks I should...

[@burger406]

i would avoid wales. -burger40

[@Azeria]

Yeah, Google Maps often thinks the M4 is quicker, but rarely would it be 🤣

[@williamfence566]

Excluding peak summer the M50 is usually nice and quiet and you could make " good progress!" along it . Now I might have a better look around . Great content as always

[@tylertheotaku9270]

Every concrete bridge has been replaced on the M50 within the last 10 years, because of concrete cancer. Caused absolute chaos. Those slip roads have been there as long as I can remember.... I'm now a Devon resident, but I'm from Ledbury originally.

[@zeb3144]

Despite spending 2/3rds of my life driving, i actually enjoy watching these videos.

[@ashleyward2735]

Nice to see a video from my neck of the woods. A little fact about the M50 that when it's hot the amount of trucks coming down there actually create ruts in the tarmac

[@maxusboostus]

I remember in the mid 1990s the Slip Road joining the M5 northbound Carriageway from the M50 was way too short for larger vehicles to accelerate to fit in with the M5 traffic flow. The Slip Road is now so long it reaches the Services.

[@grahamshillingford8229]

Driven it both ways many many times & broke down at midnight on a Sunday evening in the past. Very quiet motorway and a shorter & aside from the severn bridge a much more scenic route to get to South Wales from the midlands.. keep up the vids

[@TheLandOfJonny]

Love this as I live nearby. Locals tend to not use the junction 1 if they want to get on the M5. They just sneak in at Strensham Services lol. I'd also heard that the motorway was meant to come near Defford, and I see that on your map at 1:42 as it skirts around Eckington, and that's a reason why there's a super massive dual carriage way railway bridge for no apparent reason at Defford. It could have been a junction / slip road connecting onto that motorway that was never built.

[@bdh_555]

Sneaking into Stensham? We’d never do such a thing 😆

[@vinniesuperstar8923]

there are signs saying about card entry and cameras on street view. I'm guessing that that's bullshit then?

[@rasphotography]

Watched specifically for your summary of J3. You did not disappoint.

[@philsharp758]

We definitiely need more locally sourced, grass fed organic bridges. The E-Type going over the cattle grid was painful to watch. Such a sad story of Marie Wilks. Thanks for another fine production.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate!

[@ltbobstertronus616]

God bless the KZbin algorithm for recommending this channel Would love a video on the M62

[@5340robert]

Same here. The M62 is deserving of a 2 parter imo.

[@catcaptain6023]

Once joined at J3 in an old NON turbo diesel Peugeot. Exciting!

[@volvos60bloke]

Looks terrifying - no place to pull in either as there's a bridge right after the sliproad!

[@craigwelsh]

The m50 is quite an enjoyable stretch of my Manchester to Cardiff journey visiting the parents. The nice bit before all the speed camera patrols on the a40.. Mind if its a 1960s driving experience i now get a 1920s one when i get to Wales and have to crawl around at 20mph..

[@whyyoulidl]

No need for comment other than the usual thx for your continued hard graft in keeping us educated, entertained and the reverence paid to the sad historic death. I hope viewers consider supporting your efforts in whatever way they can...

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate.. thanks for watching as always!

[@andrewbullivant8936]

The gravel pits shown at 4.50 were recently worked and all the aggregate was moved by boats, you could often see them moored to the jetty just south of the bridge, loading was via a loading shovel filling the hopper on the elevator you were stood by under the bridge. The other piece of equipment was a power screen used to grade the aggregate, remove gravel from the sand etc.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice bit of info, cheers!

[@MarcoPolo-rd6fp]

Used to drive from Cheltenham to Ross on Wye a lot, and there used to be a car wrapped round a tree more often than not at junction 3.

[@nickstafford610]

I used to drive this several times a week going from Preston to South Wales and back in the mid/late 80's driving a company director around. Very few cars on the M50 back then, lovely scenery along the route.

[@stevewilson8467]

"I'm getting out of here, it's about to piss down" Cue lengthy wave to camera and slow walk off - hope you didn't suffer for your art, Jon!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Well.. sensibly we filmed the drone stuff first.. the magic of editing put it in the right order :D We just escaped the rain.. the storm you can see in the background was massive!

[@Blartman]

04:18 The delivery of this bit made me spit my tea!

[@scu3795]

Love this channel, use this motorway lots. Always surprised that it stopped at Ross and the subsequent dual carriageways weren,t made part of the motorway. Would love people opnions on this

[@andrewhotston983]

I agree, but if Jon thinks Junction 3 of the M50 is dangerous, what would his reaction be to all the junctions at Pencraig and Whitchurch?!

[@Chris_Barker_Wild_World]

I'm not usually a guy that would watch a video like this...but I've watched every video in your series! Your hosting is fantastic and make what could be a fairly dull subject seem really interesting. Subscribed for you wit and banter!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Welcome along!

[@andrewshore262]

As a kid in the 1960’s we’d travel from Barry Sth Wales to Tadcaster Yorks (visiting relatives) on a regular basis. Originally we’d head to Chepstow and bottle neck it from there. In the early 70’s they completed the A449 (Ross spur link) which eventually hooks up with the M50 it made a big difference in journey time. Every year the journey would get a bit shorter as new motorways came on stream, and my old man’s cars improved. In the late 70’s I’d use the A449 and M50 to test the performance of my latest motorbikes, it was one of the quietest motorways perfect for doing this.

[@jsse]

Wow! the ending very cinematic. Loved it so so good.

[@lordporcupine8767]

Why am Obsessed with this channel? I don’t even live in the UK

[@jono_500]

Same, same! I’m from Australia. How about you? Anyone else watching from outside the UK and if so, from where?

[@jonnyohiggins6969]

American here. Spent a few days in England once. Bunkers next to the "motorway" struck me as a bit odd, then I remembered I was in southern England (not far from Dover).

[@AutoShenanigans]

Im not sure but thanks for being here... and to all our worldwide viewers... there must be at least 7 by now.

[@keirhan]

The machinery you found looks like a screener. Its used to separate different sizes or grades of materials. Its essentially a massive sieve

[@trevorparker6803]

You get better and better at this you tube lark with each passing week Jon. Each film is better and more polished than the last. Keep it up mate.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate... it's a constant learning curve!

[@willhemmings]

Informative presentation. I use this road a lot and it is a lovely motorway, but the junctions are wild. So sad about Marie Wilkes and that such a rural highway has such a macabre association, but I respect you for mentioning it

[@jamie-ck6js]

The closing scene of this production is absolutely brilliant, great job 👍

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate!

[@Azeria]

I’m from Nottingham but went to uni and still live in Cardiff, and this is a beautiful piece of road. The entire time I was a student though they were repairing those bloody bridges, 50 zones with no one working 🙄, traffic’s always pretty light and I don’t believe there’s any cameras from what I can tell, so it’s perfect for those who enjoy motorway driving.

[@Sarge084]

As a regular user of the M50 I can put you right on the new bridge. Originally there was a raised embankment with a culvert for the water course below, unfortunately the culvert wasn't big enough to cope with floods and acted like a dam causing extensive flooding of the fields on the upstream side. The replacement elevated section was carried out in two stages with two-way traffic using the carriageway that wasn't being worked on. I'm old enough to remember when the M5 stopped at the M50 and was just a two lane motorway like the M50.

[@rorytaylor3761]

I lived near junction 3 when the Motorway opened. It rapidly became popular with boy racers and bikers as a "test track". With virtually no traffic and with no speed limit, for a time it was THE place to drive your motor to it's maximum speed. Initially the hard shoulder wasn't even properly surfaced, it was a sort of rolled red grit rather than tarmac. Each 1/10 of a mile was marked with a coloured post in the centre of the shoulder. These were made of rubber so weren't as vulnerable as they looked. No centre barrier and cattle grids on every junction. Where the motorway went over a road, the central reservation didn't as there was a hole in the bridge with railings around. Why?

[@AutoShenanigans]

Health and safety wasnt a thing in the 50s and 60s :D

[@jesterjoe8377]

Loving the drone work chaps.

[@jpro3000]

That ending was a cinematic masterpiece!

[@circadianizzy]

Haha! When I saw which motorway was being covered this week I smiled, because I knew what was coming with J3! I did not know about the case that was discussed right beforehand though... Yikes.

[@skipper409]

All the bridges were built by the relevant local authority, rather than the Dept. Of Transport - that’s why they’re weird. An interesting side note is that a guy committed suicide by jumping off one onto the motorway - and in the process jumped from one county (the one that owned the over bridge, into another that the motorway technically belongs to. The incident was further complicated in that the motorway police attending belonged to the Central Motorway Patrol Group, and the officers were from the West Midlands force, a police area nowhere near the incident

[@ruthb7605]

Having lived for many years in Ross on Wye I’ve been up and down the M50 regularly. As a child in the back seat I used to love the old M5 / M50 junction. As for junction 3, I remember it being referred to as ‘the hole in the hedge’, by quite a number of people.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Hole the the hedge sounds about right! :D

[@christianjenkins9793]

As a child I remember the huge quarry pits by the Severn in use, they used to load the rock onto huge barges in the river and ship it out, there’s more quarries further up by Upton which still do the same. The bridge works around there went on for years and endless 50 mph cameras were in effect. The ‘slip roads’ either side were installed then. All of that land floods every year which is why the bridge works were needed and the slip roads are only for maintenance access. Great video, thanks for making it

[@mtgcardzandreview2756]

It's always interesting to see how highways/motorways/bi-ways or any combination across the global compare and there's always those stuck in time or designs unexplained.

[@andysmith5997]

I spent large tracts of my weekend on the M6 ,M11 and M 62. Again. Hurrah.Still, I view them all a little more fondly since I found this channel,

[@52robbo]

Very interesting, John, thanks. There’s a similar sort of junction to the original M5/M50 junction near the Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom, where one motorway ends and you have to go right round a 270 degree turn to join motorway two, which then runs through to Vlissengen. Quite a surprise, the first time I came upon it! It’s been there years and is well signposted in advance, so I guess everyone is happy with it.

[@GordonSmith-cm5lk]

I love your channel. This is one of the best endings to a KZbin video I have seen, it was moving truly moving.

[@lancesmart2667]

I drive Junction 3 very often, it is a menace, the fence opposite is always smashed due to drivers going straight on or flipping. My first time around it I very nearly tipped my Morrisons van, I was a lucky boy that day, the shopping in the back, not so lucky.

[@BillyKirbyUK]

Just learn how to drive then!

[@SharpblueCreative]

I just love your deadpan presentation. Fantastic

[@ukroadsandtransport]

i love the little M50 with its quirks

[@garethrosey]

Ive driven the M50 numerous times on route form South Wales to the midlands, but until lasy week i had always driven thr full length to/from Ross and the M5. Last wednesday however I drove from our glamping holiday in Lydney up to Drayton manor in Tamworth. Blindly following the sat nav and whilst the Mrs dealt with a spewing baby, o was suddenly faced with a tight corner and a blur sign. Yep I'd joined at junction 3. What followed and was me enthusiastically telling the Mrs about this channel and Johns love for wierd junctions. She didnt seem very enthralled!

[@alyx6427]

hey its the start of the a449 that disappears into the a40 by raglan! and if you stay going straight at that junction you’ll end up on a different road, regardless of which one you start from!

[@gavTFSi]

You didn’t mention the crazy J2 where both exits on to the A417 are on blind bends!

[@maxant4285]

I'm here for the epic drone shot!

[@DIY-DaddyO]

I remember the Marie Wilkes case. Nicely done video.

[@RichieRouge206]

Great video John, love the stormy sky behind the bridge on the end scene lol.

[@nigelfisher3756]

Another brilliant piece of motorway detective work - thanks.

[@castlering]

Ahh yes I've used this one quite a few times when going to and from South Wales. It's quite a scenic route, and avoids the chaos of the M4/M5 junction.

[@mittfh]

The bridge over an abandoned railway built over an abandoned canal - sounds like something for The Whitewicks to explore!

[@markjones4704]

i think paul and rebecca have done the hereford and glouceshire canal

[@glenjones6980]

Just in case the YT algorithm fails this is the sort of comment that helps find those interesting channels. Anything off the motorway network near Manchester area (plus a bit along the M62 and the odd bit of Sheffield) and it's Martin Zero. He's done one or two bits with Paul and Rebecca

[@davidbagley3678]

The railway bridge at Bow Lane was taken to the Bluebell Railway where they had plans to install it on an extension to the west of Horsted Keynes.

[@tasty_fish]

Ah, I asked for a video of the M50 and here we have it, cheers! As a resident of Gloucestershire it is one of my favourite motorways and the only motorway I’ve ever cycled on (allegedly, obvs), quickly wandering on and off at junction 3 before venturing down the unclassified lane on the south side about 20 yards from the main carriageway. This is how we do motorways in these parts and even our motorway services are farm shops (see Secrets of the M5, Gloucester Services) with organic, locally-sourced food and a fishmonger! Let’s hope we keep this motorway with its odd quirks and it doesn’t become declassified. Too many of the odd things in this country are disappearing and it’s all becoming way too homogenous.

[@AutoShenanigans]

The M50 is a good motorway compared to the rest. I've been to gloucester services many times, it's quite nice.

[@europa504]

Jct 3 is very similar to the M876 northbound at Jct 1. Although there is more separation between the on & off lanes they are both short and end in a 90 degree bend.

[@nkayjay1]

Her sister was in my class at school. I remember this well. So so sad.

[@AutoShenanigans]

I thought a lot about the "sister" (no names in articles) She'd be in her 40s now and I cant imagine wanting to recall that day.

[@whippetquick3527]

I often use j3 when heading west. It always seems to coincide with my bladder deciding it needs emptying. Come off at j3, immediately turn down the lane to the right and park up for a pee. Turn around, rejoin the M5 and continue my journey home.

[@jonjohnson2844]

You should do the M67, interesting both by how much of it wasn't built but also the remains of how much more elaborate it was intended to be.

[@markbooth1117]

Yes, that would be good. I live 5 mins from it. Nice bit of motorway, until you hit the roundabout and Mottram Village, then bonnet to tail traffic and then Woodhead.

[@def90cars]

End sequence was amazing.

[@neilwalsh4058]

Junction 3 fascinated me since I was 14 and came off there heading to Tenby for a family holiday. That was over 40 years ago and every time I've driven past it since I've told my passengers about it's uniqueness

[@glenjones6980]

Always remember having a night out at Strensham southbound after it was revamped a few years back (probably quite a few years now tbh). It pissed it down in the night, quite a few trucks up to the axles in water the next morning and bleary eyed drivers, imagine being in a tin shed during a rainstorm for several eyes and you get the idea.

[@spannermonkey]

You get used to j3, it surprisingly ain't dangerous unless you find going around a sharp bend to be outside your comfort zone

[@ajw9533]

I drove on this today and it was lovely. I put the cruise control on 60 rather than 70 and just enjoyed it.

[@tykeaboutit7681]

J3 can catch you out, I use it regularly for journeys to Gloucester or going to Aston Ingham , very few accidents in the 30 years I have lived down here. The quarry stopped being used when the river flooded and they filled up. Would see the barges at the quay being filled. The two access roads were created when repairs were being done and are regularly under water when the area floods. Great videos to watch.

[@martintemplot6765]

At the time of being planned it was known as the Ross-Spur and didn't have a motorway number. It was intended as an experimental stretch of motorway, constructed out in the sticks and isolated from the rest of the network, to try out construction methods, junction designs, traffic behaviour. At school in Worcester at the time I was one of a group of us who visited the County Highways Dept in Worcester to learn all about it. Afterwards I wrote an essay about it (which is probably still in the attic if I can find it). There was much discussion in Worcester at the time about traffic congestion in the city, and theories that the Ross-Spur would somehow cure it. It didn't - when it opened there was hardly any traffic on there. In the first few weeks it was not unknown to drive from one end to the other without seeing another vehicle. p.s. I enjoy your videos but I play them at 0.75 playback speed to have any chance of following what you are saying. Have you tried speaking a bit more slowly, and maybe even stopping to breathe occasionally?

[@bobspeller2225]

Another interesting presentation of the UK motorway system, if you can call it a system!!! all the best for 2023. Bob

[@CycolacFan]

These videos get better and better quality each time 👍

[@PhilofBristol]

Junction 3... The only motorway junction I know where you have to join in 2nd gear and floor it.

[@RobinTFH]

Wonderful to learn more about my local motorway - I live in Malvern. I drive along parts of it regularly - i.e. each way from the Ledbury junction - although rarely the whole length at any one time! Thankyou.

[@oliverhop9752]

3:14 Yes they used these slip roads to work on the bridges. The roadworks allowed one bridge to be shut off and repaired with a contra flow on the other side. This was reversed when working on the other side. Both sets of the two bridges had these repairs back in 2012. I remember this as I regularly used the M50 to head from South Wales to Stoke-On-Trent.. Its a shortcut without having to use the Severn Bridges and back in the day a saving on the Toll cost.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for confirming!

[@youtuber6193]

As you specifically asked, Kings Caple is pronounced Kings Cape-all. I went to the primary school in the village and have very fond memories of the bridge to Sellack.

[@EngineerLewis]

My parents bought apples from a farmer around there. Mr Grimwood, a South African farmer who moved to the UK to run a fruit farm. Do you know of him and his apple farm?

[@ajw9533]

This channel changed my life.

[@himagainstill]

Fun fact: While they've replaced them with the curved type seen in the background, the junction signs for J3 used to be of the 90-degree T-junction type. They may be visible on Street View if they've got images old enough. They were utterly bizarre.

[@Teesbrough]

Of course I enjoyed the video. I always do. Excellent piece of cinematography in your final shot; looking forward to your remake of ‘The Bridges of Madison County’.

[@darcyphillips70]

I live in Ross-On-Wye & use the M50 every day… it’s every thing you say it is, especially the junctions & they’re all utter bollox. It’s quite possibly the quietest motorway in the Uk too, great review dude 😊

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one thanks for watching!

[@AndySnap]

My local motorway, so this video was particularly fascinating. Rudhall, with the nice bridge, was where The Royal Hospital Chelsea moved all the Chelsea Pensioners to during WWII. And no wonder the M50 was an 'experimental' design as Junction 2 turn off for Ledbury has absolutely zero left & right sightlines to join the main road. Some Ministry of Transport bod wasn't thinking much about that one. But the M50 is generally a pleasant drive, the antidote to the 4 lane m-ways so beloved of middle lane drivers...

[@johnmg88]

I've had the misfortune of using junction 3 with a caravan on the back 🤣

[@starlight5229]

Thanks guys 🙏 What a weird motorway it is. Loved the car that went over that cattle grid! 😁👍🏻

[@AutoShenanigans]

Jag E type... Nice motor that sadly isnt mine.

[@danielmarshall4587]

Another SPLENDID video thank you.

[@raithrover1976]

There's a junction on the M876 near Bonnybridge that's almost as tight as Jnc3 on the M50. It has a physical island with some barriers but is still a 90 degree turn at the end of a fairly short deceleration lane.

[@robtt997]

Love these videos . Thanks

[@robertjones7695]

Your best closing shots!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one, thanks for watching mate!

[@lesleysmith5623]

Thanks for a very interesting video. Didn’t know M50 was one of the first motorways. We live near Upton just off M50 Junction 1. Probably the most scenic and quietest motorway in UK. Often walk along the river to the ‘ponds’ and remember the murder very well.