The tunnel at Beeston Interchange houses Gas and Electricity equipment. This solution was considerably cheaper than diverting the services around the roundabout, but still provides access to them for maintenance. A corrugated metal arch is naturally very flexible, and the structure required careful supervision during backfilling operations. Settlement of the footings and deflections of the crown of the arch, both vertically and horizontally were monitored in order that the final profile should be as near circular as possible.

@livesgas

Жыл бұрын

Did you work on the project Gav?

@shopmobgm

Жыл бұрын

@@livesgas My uncle did

@david103857

Жыл бұрын

I was guessing that and hoping for sewage too so I could make a shit gag.

@chameleonedm

Жыл бұрын

As soon as he asked the question I hoped someone in the comments happened to know the answer. Nice one

@jo2952

Жыл бұрын

@@david103857 That would be really crap 🤣

I like the supermarket trolley just in shot in the shot where you're discussing how much the council loved motorways. It adds that certain touch of picturesqueness

@jasinere35

Жыл бұрын

even the abandoned bits of electric cable balanced up against the fence mind you this is what most cities were known for especially the flytip

@cedarcam

Жыл бұрын

@@jasinere35 The trolley is from Ikea just at the far end of the footbridge. Apart from that every so often there is little vandalism or tipping along these paths, cans and bottles are sometimes thrown down on the path or into the fields, to say it is a typical sight in any city is not true of here.

@AutoShenanigans

Жыл бұрын

I had to tip toe around many discarded syringes.. lovely place.

@cedarcam

Жыл бұрын

@@AutoShenanigans I guess that's where the cable is by the fence as I have not seen syringes along the path I walk along where the Ikea trolley is. I will check if that's still there tomorrow (10 01 2023) when I go that way. A while ago there were a number of cider cans scattered about which have now been cleared up. I am not saying there is no drug use going on but overall it is a pleasant area.

@therealunclevanya

Жыл бұрын

LCC loves motorways so much the national government had to step in over the A64M

Happy Sunday John

I'm surprised you didn't mention that for a very brief section (about 200 yards) between junctions 4 and 3 the westbound carriageway is funneled down into 1 lane, making it one of the very few single lane motorways in the country.

@lefthandedspanner

Жыл бұрын

the southern end of M57 in Liverpool and western end of M55 in Blackpool are the same - in the case of the M55, it's also unusual in that it gains two lanes from the entry sliproad at the first junction, leaving you in the outside lane, and if you're driving wagon or towing on that section, you are technically breaking the law

@nurserynook

Жыл бұрын

And one of the most annoying! Though it looks like they're improving the road, wonder if they'll add another lane. (If they can even fit one in!)

@Stealth360stealth

Жыл бұрын

the A329(M) has this going over the J10 of the M4. Its ridiculous

@laurabrookfield7334

Жыл бұрын

@@lefthandedspanner m55 drives me insane, the very end is effectively the A-road and people are joining from a 30/40 mph road whilst those from the motorway are pushing 80mph usually... death trap haha

@welshwizard645

Жыл бұрын

M3 westbound under M25 is also single lane…frustratingly. Painful when drivers slam their brakes to slow down to 45MPH

I was born and raised in Morley and can remember when the M621 was being built and riding skateboards all the way down from Asquith Ave bridge to Elland Road with no traffic on it before it opened.

I love the way the M1 (the main road from north to south) becomes technically a slip road off itself whilst the main carriageway turns into the 621, which if you miss leads to a world of pain if your intention was to stay on the M1. Brilliant.

@matthewmitchell6899

Жыл бұрын

That happened to me today Joined the M1 North from the m62. Stopped paying attention for a minute or two and I then found mysef heading into Leeds on the M621 rather than heading north on the M1. Had to come off the 621 sharpish and cut across to get back on the M1. Probably cost five minutes.

@nathanw9770

Ай бұрын

This is also the case with the M25 southbound at J5 where if you stay on the main carriageway you'll end up on the outskirts of Sevenoaks. And you can't even turn around at the next junction...

Ending on the Leeds United Calypso... You little legend! :-)

My word, that Leeds United calypso is brutal. Even worse than that Marching on Together bollocks they recorded back in the 70s when they were good.

Welcome to my local area John. Just to let you know, they are remodelling the whole section between junctions 1 and 6, including removing 2a, because it is a junction where someone thought it would be great idea, when it clearly wasn’t 😂

If you were to continue into Leeds, you would get onto one of those bits of urban motorway that Leeds was trying to build everywhere the A58(M) which is very unusual in that it actually has an exit slip on the right-hand side. It also has a rather alarming number of short, blind sliproads, but thankfully only a 40 limit.

"I also assume it doesn't work". Love the humour mate!

I could have given you a few more secrets on this one. I live local. Glad to see you ooop north though. Loving the channel.

@mcmarky1985

Жыл бұрын

Subscribed to both your channels your both great!

@AutoShenanigans

Жыл бұрын

Hello there! I've enjoyed many of your videos but just realised I wasn't subscribed to you so that's now sorted. Thanks for watching mate.

4:52 is almost the exact view my grandparents had out of their window on the 9th floor of those flats. They both moved into a retirement home a few years ago and have both died now, so it's pretty nice (and unexpected) to see that junction from that angle again, thanks mate.

This series gives me the nostalgic feeling I used to get when sitting down to watch Scrapheap Challenge and Time Team, while visiting my grandma's for sunday dinner.

@Addiethunder

Жыл бұрын

Two absolutely brilliant shows back in the day!

@orangew3988

Жыл бұрын

May I also suggest Robot Wars? All programmes I loved as a kid.

I remember when the M1 stopped in Leeds and ending on the tight curve at Dewsbury Road junction. Yes that is an old viaduct needing a new line and purpose.

I was finding the roads quite interesting but then you finished it on a shot of a disused viaduct and now I've got to go and research that!

John - one or your slickest videos yet 😂 7 junctions in just over 7 minutes - a record? And love the 1971 envelope 3p to send a letter !

I studied at University of Leeds so have some personal interest after the fact. Looked at this motorway a couple of years ago when I saw West Yorks police camera footage of a truck pulling in on a Porsche Carrera in its left hand blind spot. This car has a very strong metal tub and the result was that the truck fell over on its side in an epic David vs Goliath style fail.

@David_Crayford

Жыл бұрын

**ORIGINAL** Truck blind spot accident caught on police camera Motorway M621 (M62 Crash Leeds UK) v=l_eiP8sk_KQ

biggest surprise of the video, the track on that old viaducts not been nicked for scrap!

Up in our neck of the woods! The M621 is an absolute mess of cobbled together bits of motorway... Especially junction 3. It kind of makes sense watching the video. They are doing work on the M621 and I hope they fix a lot of the 'flow issues' (the one that irritates me the most is when three lanes squash to 1 at junction 3 coming from the M1). Great video as always!

@MrBreadman1966

Жыл бұрын

The 3 to 1 section of the M621 is terrible! Luckily I only use to get to work in the early hours and drive straight through it(with that reduced 40MPH pain the backside) and get off at Elland Rd.

@AutoShenanigans

Жыл бұрын

"kind of makes sense" was my thoughts too. I drove that "1 lane" section on the day.. very strange indeed. Thanks mate!

In fairness to the Tanfield Railway, that railway is older than Middleton , however Tanfield ran on privately held land , wherhas Middletons route required power over other landowners rights and rights of way, hence needing parliamentary approval , and thus was the first sanctioned under Parliamentary Approval (including the nax price coals could be sold for in Leeds centre for the first chaldrons delivered under the act) . The railway remained private to the Colliery (itself in the Brandling family ownership) and thus the Surrey Iron Railway was the first Public Railway sanctioned by Parliament (as in anyone could run a wagon on its metals. The act for Middleton Railway allowed for haulage/ propulsion by just about any means , which the system used including cable haulage and horse led but having the act meant steam locomotion could be applied without further requirements other than safety checks for such locomotives.

John this channel is so addictive and I don’t really know why?? - The subject matter is the most uninteresting claptrap of all time and the actual motorway scenes are even worse. However you present it all so well it’s one of my favourite channels! HNY buddy! 😊👍🙏

The clip of the roundabout at 6:20 is a fcking nightmare. 3 lanes on the roundabout. Lanes 1 and 2 go into a 1 lane slip road onto the 621, and lane 3 splits into 2 lanes. A frequent crash hotspot, so much so they've attempted to fix it by removing some markings... Absolute clowns. Hate the 621, but love the video. Cheers Jon.

Yorkshire Television has the greatest indents in UK TV history. Excellent inclusion that could have only been bettered with the voiceover "This is Yorkshire Television broadcasting from the Emley Moor, Belmont and associated transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Authority". Ok I'm off topic here. Belting episode as always, thanks John 😎👍

@JP_TaVeryMuch

Жыл бұрын

They're all pretty good and are proudly of their place: some shouty, some subtle. Adam Martyn’s done little vids on each on this yer YT. Equally as interesting guilty pleasures as the channel we're on here and now.

@ianhalsall-fox

Жыл бұрын

The voice of Redvers Kyle.

@TerryTheNewsGirl

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to be a traitor to my county, but I actually think the Westward Golden Hind Ident (not an indent!) accompanied by Paul Lewis's English Overture is the best.

@FastAsFunk

Жыл бұрын

@@TerryTheNewsGirl Good call. Just noted that my phone autocorrected ident lol...!!!

@whyyoulidl

Жыл бұрын

I'll raise you Anglia TV's 'silver statue of a knight on horseback' ident from 'back in da day'; go check it out. The run time alone would probably outlast many modern TV progs lol

And another motorway regularly used when working from our Leeds Offices in the early 2000’s… always full of roadworks/repairs but usually not too congested. Apart from going home, especially down to the M62 which I used when returning to my then girlfriend’s house (now my wife!) - at this time I lived in between Derby and Nottingham. Also used when commuting between my office in Aldershot to the sister office in Leeds (I lived in North West London then!)- early to mid 90’s. Jolly good show, took me down memory (overtaking) lane!

"Massive windy mess of roads" Oh, you're gonna love the M8 through Glasgow! ;)

@bobblebardsley

Жыл бұрын

I feel like I know the M8 well just because it's been in every traffic alert I've ever heard on the radio. I'm surprised they don't pronounce it 'mate' as in, "I wouldn't go on that road m8" and "Yeah it's f**ked innit m8". I hope he gets to it someday!

@gazzaman28

Жыл бұрын

@@bobblebardsley Aside from roadworks, it works remarkably well a lot of the time.

Junction 3 will always be J47 M1 to me - favourite Welcome to Leeds junction - always great for seeing how many lateral g's you can pull on the exit slip road

@christopherjordan4812

Жыл бұрын

Same here, when I lived in Rothwell I used this junction every day to go to work. This was the very end of the M1 as it was in the 80s. Traffic was always free flowing, can’t imagine if it was like that now.

@chrisellner8098

Жыл бұрын

It’s a really good junction in a rear wheel drive car if you catch my drift

The story of the tunnel over the middleton railway is interesting , apparently a level crossing was first proposed by the MoT, however needing the clearence when it was realised the railway was in operation (being NCB and not BR as such the departmental consultation had missed it ) making the M1 needing elevation to gain the height needed. The tunnel sometimes used by fire departments as practice to evacuate crashed railway carriages in tunnels and similar.

@davidconnor2458

Жыл бұрын

A level crossing over a motorway would certainly be interesting! Not sure I believe one was ever seriously proposed, though. Although I know of some motorway slip roads in Dublin that had a tram line crossing them on the level for a few years (they realised their error quite quickly, and built a viaduct for the trams soon enough). And an old coach driver once told me there is/was a motorway somewhere in Belgium with a level crossing, although I've never been able to verify that.

@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS

Жыл бұрын

@@davidconnor2458 im pretty certain there is a large motorway in the Middle East somewhere where there are rail lines embedded into a section of road, almost blended into the tarmac and suddenly a train crosses.

@vincentharriman3283

2 ай бұрын

Think there's video footage of a train crossing a motorway in China (although I think the line has now closed)

When the M1 was changed to link to the A1, it wasn't quite complete in mid '98. The section of the new M1 past Temple Newsam was used as a car park for V98 - the M25 may be joked to be a car park but part of the M1 was _actually_ used as a car park.

The M621 is the highest numbered motorway in England (not Scotland) J2a is getting closed and the council are asking drivers nicely not to use J3 as Neville Street (under Leeds railway station) was the most poluted road in the city and they were about to introduce a city wide CAZ before covid, then then some of the traffic went away for a bit so they cancelled it. That tunnel is now a bus lane and City Square is closed to all traffic, so now the largest junction on M621 is local access and a longer way to J4

This channel has come along way in the last 12mth and it’s so good to see. Keep it coming John 👍🏻

John perhaps you could explore the M1 extension that drifts out of Leeds and joins up with the A1M. You even call in at the relatively new Skelton Lake services if you fancy it. There are a number of slip roads that lead off it for you to explore.

I really enjoy this series.

@grindelston5968

Жыл бұрын

It's weirdly addictive

I got Heartbeat and A Touch of Frost theme tunes in there. Each from the 1990s with a bit of nostalgic content.

A few memories from some years back, The M621 was unique in that at one time it actually had a slip road exit from the right hand (Fast) lane. Another thing I remember is the M1 terminated at a partially built flyover where the road just stopped in midair, traffic was guided to the off sliproad by a line off cones. Often wondered if anybody had driven through the cones before realizing the road had dissappeared beneath them.

Aye, Leeds United weren't formed until 1919. However, a team called Leeds City (the original Peacocks) played on the ground from 1904, until they were booted out of the league for financial irregularities (.mainly for paying players during the war years - which was banned). This is where the United name on the reformed club comes from; although none of the City players ever played for United. They were all auctioned off to various clubs at the Leeds Metropol Hotel for a total sum of around £9,600. Port Vale took their place in the league who, in 1968, were almost booted out of the league for financial irregularities.

Nice bit of local history for me, thank you :)

As a frequenter of the M621 in my uni days I always wondered (and still did to this day) why it dropped to a 50mph limit, well now I know!

@lefthandedspanner

Жыл бұрын

that, and the fact the sharp bends on the main line make it like riding a rollercoster

A Touch of Frost 👍🏻 Awesome series

That tunnel is where all the missing socks end up after vanishing from the washing machine.

The infamous / famous report "Traffic in Towns" a.ka. the Buchanan report (1963) has plans of the M1 ploughing through central Leeds, and out towards Headingley, presumably to join up with the A1 North of Leeds somewhere. The idea was for an integrated train station with car parking either side of the M1, which would be going up Park Row - which would no longer exist.

As I used to live in Leeds all my life and Gildersome before moving to Cambridgeshire, the "hidden" tunnel under the M621 interchange is something all locals know about. It has been used for storage by the council before with temporary road signs, traffic cones etc, etc stored inside it a few times over the years.

@cvsdigital

Жыл бұрын

True - but it's real purpose is for access to the gas and electricity mains supplies that run underneath it.

@TerryTheNewsGirl

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Garforth for fifteen years and never knew it existed. How do I get to it to take a look?

@stevekelly5166

Жыл бұрын

@@TerryTheNewsGirl Stop your car in the outside lane at junction 1 (either direction), dodge the traffic, ignore the horns and rude hand guestures, climb over a few fences and abseil. Or park near the roundabout and take a stroll. Safer.

@jiggely_spears

Жыл бұрын

@@stevekelly5166 or rewatch the video???? ::P

@markshomeengineering5243

Жыл бұрын

If you "used to live in Leeds all your life", are you now dead?

yorkshie television ident that brings back memories

very interesting as I'm local to the area and not aware of where the m1 terminated due to being to young to know when the changes to place but it makes sense why you have to change lanes to get on to the M1 when your already on the M1 at junction 43 north bound

Classic TV references in abundance- thanks 👍

I'm so happy to see my old stamping ground! I still use the M621 but, thankfully, not daily these days! When Junction 3 was being built (or should that be rebuilt?) we would commute through it as the work was done while the traffic was running. The large pedestrian bridge and a construction crane were decorated with twinkly fairy lights for Christmas. Probably not completely legal, but it was something pretty to look at on a morning! Yes, that's an old railway viaduct! I drive under it regularly! Great video, but "Heartbeat"? Nay, lad, that's North Yorkshire!

Living the Leeds United Calypso, catchy tune

“… you know, usual Heritage Railway shit” 😂🤣😂 ❤️👊💥

My parents loved theatre and we lived in Huddersfield and there was the then Leeds Playhouse which we went to a lot. So the M621 in its earliest incarnation as a route into Leeds was a route I was driven along a lot. I think the last time I drove on it was when I took my mother to see "Shakespeare in Love" at a multiplex in Leeds.

Thanks as always 'My Name is John', great coverage, research, quick-fire stats, and humour. My Sunday is complete. Keep up the great work - just get's better and better...

@AutoShenanigans

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again mate! Appreciate that.

Wonderful! As an occasional visitor to Elland Road, for charity fundraising events, have often wondered about their local road system, so your lucid explanation is most welcome, cheerz! 👏🏻

Having driven on these roads round Leeds a fair bit. I can safely says it is an absolute mess. If you ever have the misfortune of driving in the city centre you can get lost for days. One way streets that take you away from where you want to go. And an inner ring road that by the time it was completed it was already not fit for purpose. Not to mention the largest city in Europe without a major mass transit system. I love Leeds don't get me wrong but driving there is hell on earth.

Was kind of surprised not to see the M606 included in this, as a bonus. It's only a few miles away and lasts all of 3 miles. In 1999& 2000 I had a sunday job at the coachbuilders that was at the end of the 606, Jespro2000 (I say Sunday job, we were working on a personal project - a 40ft trailer turned into a self-contained Robot Wars arena - there with their permission, as long as we did any quick accident work that came in - replacement underrun bars mainly) Even had a crash there once, same day I got a ticket leaving home on the M57 for doing 98 (I was the only car on it except for the cop hiding behind a bridge)

I’m glad your doing all the northern ones at the same time ❤

Thanks John. I really enjoy watching your vids I look forward to them on a Sunday. You put in so much effort and the tongue in cheek British humour is very much appreciated. Goes to show with the right presentation and personality you could read the phone book. Cracking job.

Oh noes ... I spent 2 and a half years of my working life on what is now J3 and J4 of the M621 and the construction of the A1 / M1 Link road. Construction of J3 was only possible due to daily police rolling road blocks while we constructed a temporary Bailey bridge over the motorway. As a team we had one hour to site a mobile crane, install falsework and formwork, remove all excess materials and road sweep the road section before the rolling road block reached us. Musta cost a friggin fortune. 10 months later, building 11 concrete structures ( Bridges) to create what is now the A1 / M1 link road. I was one of the many unfortunate working foremen to take part in building the Aire Valley Viaduct, the mahoosive concrete bridge that nobody knows that they have driven across. 12 hours a day, 13 days every 2 weeks. we were not allowed to work 7 days a week every week... money was tight back then. I still have to drive to J2 of the M621 on weekdays , passing the junction where the M1 peels off, the M621 starts and the M62 joins is an accident blackspot. Stay in the middle or lane 3 ( or is that lane 5 at that point) until you have cleared the daily bedlam. Then start breathing again.

Your videos cram hell of a lot of research into a short time…brilliant.

M58 next... a pleasure to drive along, got the old RAF station on one side and ends in traffic lights on a bend... and a fearsomely complex roundabout.

Love your videos as always John keep doing the amazing work

I did like the musical reference to Touch of Frost. It was supposed to have been set in and around Reading but it was a YTV production so was filmed around Leeds, Castleford and Wakefield....

Ooo, I used to use the M621 a great deal and never knew it was the monster stitching of two projects (but it does explain a few things). Middleton Railway was a late discovery for me, but the children loved it.

Been using the 621 as my commute from Rotherham to Leeds for the past 9 years, and it feels like its had roadworks on it for at least 50% of that time. Now I know why it's got a 50mph limit though, thanks. Good to see you making content in my neck of the woods too. 👍

Awesome video as ever John 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

My wife was born where Junction 2A is now, her parents home being demolished to create the Motorway. There are plans to close the west bound slip road so that the one lane bottleneck can be removed. Traffic coming out of Leeds City Centre currently can cross two lanes and exit off 2A with just 200 yards to do the manoeuvre.

Loads of great history nuggets in today's video, thanks Jon

Super interesting video again! Thanks John!

There are some road layout oddities in and around Cardiff if you’re ever down this way. Could be an interesting short piece. The A4232 has a gap between a built ramp for a flyover and at the other end a roundabout that looks like it was designed for the carriageway to continue down the middle of what’s there (sliproads). West of the city it’s using bits of railway line I believe and there is an abandoned tunnel nearby with ventilation shafts on show. Then the A48(M) section has an abandoned eastbound carriageway where it joins the M4 at junction 28, it has realigned the roads and led to several houses being demolished at the top of Penylan Road, uses old railway bridges for a bit then arrives at the Gabalfa interchange which has space for extra sliproads going out to Llantrisant. The A48 route has some other quirks further west that I’m less familiar with but the A4232 and its odd links to various ditched projects (as well as the Rover Way section rounding an old airfield, Pengam Moors, which still has lookouts and hangars) would make a decent short episode I reckon.

Leeds...Leeds...Leeds....Whiiiite Rose! (Sorry, couldn't resist). Excellent video and very interesting - thanks very much!

I remember the M1 and M621 being joined - i used to commute up from london and it was always strange that the two motorways ended only a mile or so apart, but with nothing but back roads to connect them. I assume the leeds urban motorway will be along shortly - it's an interesting story from the "Motorway city" and, although it's not a motorway. Halifax manages to have some very impressive sixties flyovers, all the legacy of unfinished urban planning. Ah, the glory days on pollution for all.

Appreciate all the research you must put in to create these interesting videos 👍

Loved the train cam, which then flew over the bridge ! Great vid as always. 👍

Another brilliant video mate, very informative as always.

been waiting for this episode for so long, I live in Leeds and use this motorway all the time, I know it like the back of my hand!

Designed by Geoffrey Boycott to make people drive down the "corridor of uncertainty"? Looks bloody cold dude.

Looks like you could cycle around all the junctions using the overpasses and underpasses and have a great northern day out! Thanks for the video John and hope you had a good time videoing the M666222111!

great video, really enjoy these Secrets of the motorway videos

The Leeds United Calypso, eh? Thank you so much John, I feel my life has been changed forever... 🙃

In the 90s, I was exiting on Junction 3, when my front right wheel caved in and sent me into the edge of the road as it went round the sharp bend. It was a little scary, but earlier on, I had been driving along the M62 at full speed, when I heard something loud sound like it went under the car, everything seemed ok, so carried on. It only transpired later that the noise I heard earlier was a bolt holding the wheel assembly on. Had it caved in then, I might not be here to tell the dull tale. A well known car servicing company who you can't get quicker than, had replaced the Shock Absorbers on both front wheels a few days earlier. Their handywork caused the failure. Sorry for the overlong story, everytime I see that junction, or go round it now, brings back the memory.

Thanks for posting never thought I would get excited about interchanges, good style & narration helped 💪

Best video yet John. As living in Leeds all my life and driving this area for 45 years you have put plenty of research in, you answered a lot of things I didn’t know about. Hope you are doing a video on the inner ring road A58 (M) next, it’s basically a 2 lane motorway that cuts around and under the city centre. It has a 50 mph speed limit, very short slip roads, one that exit’s on the right and no hard shoulders.

@therealunclevanya

Жыл бұрын

A58M/A64M - LCC ran out of money I was told and the government had to step in. While digging the cutting at the University they came across a coal seam and decided to give the coal away to the elderly in Leeds. The NCB got wind of this plan and stopped it happening.

Great video, Happy Sunday!

Gday John, every episode just reminds me how much of a clusterfuck the UK road system is. It’s amazing it functions at all. Keep up the good work mate.

Love your videos mate

happy new year to looking forward to your videos in 2023 love the content

the urban motorway plans were from the late 1950s/early 60s; many cities had similar plans, but Leeds was one of the few cities that nearly finished them, and once they'd drawn them up they didn't hang about, completing the first section of A58(M) in 1964, making it the first urban motorway built in the UK (the vintage of the design is also why it has a 40 mph limit throughout, poor forward visibility, and very low standard junctions) the North East Urban Motorway, which would have been an extension of the original M621 and terminated at the end of the A64(M) Inner Ring Road, was the only missing bit, and that was built to a lower standard in 2008 as part of the A61 (at-grade junctions, but still dual carriageway) - the Crown Point shopping centre is smack bang on the originally planned line, so it had to be rerouted this also explains the odd terminus of the A64(M) (it's on split levels for no obvious reason, and for several hundred yards, there are motorway regulations on one carriageway but not on the other) and also why the A61 randomly disappears between M621 junctions 5 and 7; Leeds's characteristically awful signage gives you no clue where the road has gone or how to find it again

M621.... bloody hell I've been there. Well I never, I didn't know any of this, many thanks for this insight.

@danielmarshall4587

Жыл бұрын

I love the Count.............

The abandoned Tesco trolley at 01:05 was a nice touch.

Wow. Didn't expect you to come over to my neck of the woods. Very interesting information. Was fun to learn they managed to wangle around regulations and the lot. Sounds like Leeds City Council in a nutshell that.

l enjoy listening about the motorway infrastructure around the country you find some real good gem's on your travels john keep em coming 🙂

@AutoShenanigans

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate appreciate that.

Why am I watching this channel, I’ve never even been the the UK and have no idea what all these roads are. Anyway, going to watch more now.

You are correct - the Middleton Railway is older than my country - the USA

Love you videos my Daughter Gilly loves the wave offs at the end we always have a rewind & way back to you several times 😍😍😍 bit sad but it floats our boat

@AutoShenanigans

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear, sorry for the swears :D Unless your daughter is 34 or something.

@harley883ap

Жыл бұрын

Literally just watched your M606 vid hadn't really noticed the naughty words so must be few & far between

Im glad you are officially sponsored by Yorkshire TV...

Glad you finally went past the beautiful elland road, home to Leeds city before they basically became united

One of the only motorways I've been along the whole length of in one go! Most of the others are over in Manchester, because Manchester and it's tiny motorways. Either way, I've always been a fan of how the M621 crams in as many "junctions" as it does, so this video is a great birthday present (it's tomorrow). Thanks Jon!

@CORNERofTECH

Жыл бұрын

I could have done that but decided not to. I wish I did as I’ve never been on it. It was my first time on A1(M) and A627(M) as well.

@considerlizards

Жыл бұрын

Might be busy tomorrow, so let me say Happy Birthday now. 🍨

@circadianizzy

Жыл бұрын

@@considerlizards Thank you! c:

@circadianizzy

Жыл бұрын

@@CORNERofTECH A627(M) is one of the ones I've done, as well as A57(M), M61, M66, M67 and M602. Also the Liverpool side of the M62 if that counts. Actually, thinking about it, I think I also did the M18...

@CORNERofTECH

Жыл бұрын

@@circadianizzy There was some congestion on the M62 (E) and when I checked for alternate routes, M621 would have taken some minutes more because of the distance so I decided not to.

Awesome video

Jon glad you explained how the 621 emanated from the 1 + 62 or was it the 62 + 1? 🤯 But it all LEEDS us to the same places. 😖🤔 Have a great week.

@ianhalsall-fox

Жыл бұрын

Surely in the spirit of Yorkshire Television it should have been the M321?

@highpath4776

Жыл бұрын

@@ianhalsall-fox Your Prize is Rubbish.

@lefthandedspanner

Жыл бұрын

to be honest, it's probably a coincidence in the very early stages of planning it was known as A62(M), as it runs parallel to and bypasses the A62; M621 was most likely the easiest way of preserving the '62' element (it was also known as M65, before the Ministry allowed the use of 3-digit motorway numbers)

I did enjoy that trolley just by the path @1:23

Three years of working in Leeds commuting from Nottingham and that brings back some memories (nightmares) - stupid lanes and speed limits prevail along it.

The M621 is Leed's biggest scar, it really tears the city apart