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

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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 Год назад

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

@whatlep 7 лет назад

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.

@garylumley7610 7 лет назад

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

@manomaylr 4 года назад

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

@RoadsofEuropeverreme 7 лет назад

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

@JenOnTheMove 7 лет назад

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

@mesnilman2327 3 года назад

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!)

@martineyles 3 года назад

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.

@di9italdonkey67Channel 7 лет назад

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

@JenOnTheMove 7 лет назад

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

@theflippedpacer2429 6 лет назад

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

@Firestorm.aiRClan 5 лет назад

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.

@AndrewG1989 4 года назад

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.

@chrisg7011 3 года назад

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

@mjowsey 5 лет назад

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

@blueberrysavers3547 5 лет назад

No, it's a flood blocking one lane

@huwclements3862 7 лет назад

Music gives up at 1:59

@JenOnTheMove 7 лет назад

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

@metro_ken 6 лет назад

Do M61?

@cerysfrost3215 3 года назад

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

@Glenn1967ful 9 месяцев назад

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.

@leesurfer 2 года назад

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

@ashleythorpe7933 Год назад

There's a 50 limit

@youcanpunchmeintheface 7 лет назад

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

@JenOnTheMove 7 лет назад

+SesamaLho I find it works better outbound than inbound

@GrumpyOldGamer9221 7 лет назад

I like your videos but please change that awful music!

@garylumley7610 7 лет назад

Mark Govier There's always the mute button ;)

@JenOnTheMove 7 лет назад

+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