A38(M) Aston Expressway - Birmingham's Super Motorway

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7 жыл бұрын

There is no other motorway out there that's anything like the Aston Expressway, a 7 lane tidal flow monster! Genius idea or a silly one?
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@MrGreatplum Жыл бұрын

Seems like an interesting idea - wouldn’t be much fun if the power went on the gantries though! 😜

@whatlep 7 жыл бұрын

The central lane is also notable for being completely prohibited at all times for motor cycles. This is due to the drainage in the centre of the 7-lane section which can cause very nasty gyrations to such vehicles.

@RoadsofEuropeverreme 7 жыл бұрын

So you did it, and in almost no time! Thank you very much! :)

@JenOnTheMove 7 жыл бұрын

+Roads of Europe (verreme) Always do requests :-)

@garylumley7610 7 жыл бұрын

I love it. There should be more of them on the network.

@manomaylr 4 жыл бұрын

Soon this’ll become a new convoluted style of smart motorway and we’ll see it all up the M25 and the M1

@mesnilman2327 2 жыл бұрын

I used to go to school right next to the Aston Distressway (as it was referred to) and walked from the bus stop to school with both the Ansells Brewery at Aston Cross and the HP Sauce factory. The mixture of the smells of the brewery, the HP Sauce factory and the Distressway was quite something at 8am... Thanks for the videos Jen, I'm catching up on them slowly (yes, I am a recent subscriber post Geoff video!)

@di9italdonkey67Channel 7 жыл бұрын

i have been subscribed to tis channel since you were on 12 subscribers. i was your 13th ;)

@JenOnTheMove 7 жыл бұрын

+di9italdonkey67 Thankyou :-) I'm glad you've stuck around!

@theflippedpacer2429 6 жыл бұрын

I think it is a good thing especally the tidal flow on the 3 tines ive been in it

@Firestorm.aiRClan 5 жыл бұрын

T H E F L I P P E D P A C E R it isnt great if youre on the side with the lane drop. Traffic going out of the city in the morning is down to 1 lane until after j1 and 4 lanes are crammed into two going in on the evening. It genuinely flows better when they leave it as 3 in 3 out. It needs 4 lanes both sides really but the bridge is too narrow.

@martineyles 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the first smart motorway. The tidal flow is a clever way to fit that amount of traffic in without making the road wider. With the city already being there I suppose this has some justification, but I think that these ideas to cram more traffic into the same width on more recent smart motorways (such as the near by M42) is going too far. This road has a 50 mph speed limit for safety, and I wonder is 60mph is too fast for hard shoulder running.

@chrisg7011 3 жыл бұрын

Is the outside lane only for motorbikes even if the green arrow is above it?

@cerysfrost3215 3 жыл бұрын

Is that Aston University on the left at 0:57?

@metro_ken 6 жыл бұрын

Do M61?

@AndrewG1989 4 жыл бұрын

So the A38(M) Aston Expressway has no hard shoulder but has a red painted lane in the middle in case of a emergency or traffic building up from the M6 spaghetti interchange. Quite a strange motorway in Birmingham.

@mjowsey 5 жыл бұрын

That lake at 1:05 does it have a name?

@blueberrysavers3547 5 жыл бұрын

No, it's a flood blocking one lane

@leesurfer 2 жыл бұрын

Is it not dangerous though with no central reservation ? Is it still up to 70mph ?

@ashleythorpe7933 Жыл бұрын

There's a 50 limit

@huwclements3862 7 жыл бұрын

Music gives up at 1:59

@JenOnTheMove 7 жыл бұрын

+Huw Clements I'm really not good at getting the music right am I?

@youcanpunchmeintheface 7 жыл бұрын

does it work? if it works, it ain't stupid hehe

@JenOnTheMove 7 жыл бұрын

+SesamaLho I find it works better outbound than inbound

@Glenn1967ful 9 ай бұрын

The lack of a central reservation is dangerous as a vehicle with a puncture could veer across a lane into oncoming traffic or someone could go into the wrong lane and be hit by an oncoming vehicle. I much prefer my motorways with central reservations thankyou.

@GrumpyOldGamer9221 7 жыл бұрын

I like your videos but please change that awful music!

@garylumley7610 7 жыл бұрын

Mark Govier There's always the mute button ;)

@JenOnTheMove 7 жыл бұрын

+Mark Govier Really? I've always had good feedback about the music! I might try and vary it a bit - but won't happen immediately, I've already got the videos for the next few months edited and ready to go

@Cpr1234 5 жыл бұрын

@@RedKnight-fn6jr yeah whats bad about this song? I heard it on a radio advert once