Secrets of The Motorway - M180

#motorway #infrastructure #lincolnshire

In this episode I'll be starting off in Yorkshire but we won't be hanging around as we travel the length of the M180 motorway. Soon we arrive in Lincolnshire where we find an old wartime airfield.. imagine that! We'll also be looking at some old railway infrastructure, re aligned roads and some tarmac. It sounds like a usual episode of Secrets of the Motorway!

In this series we aim to explore what our motorway network is hiding. As we drive along at 70mph..ish...we simply just wouldn't be aware of what we're missing. This series aims to uncover some of the hidden secrets our motorways have to offer.

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[Aviertje]

Dude, the sheer fact that you are doing this series and all the research involved has made you the expert.

[Azeria]

the M180 was of course named in honour of Yorkshire’s prowess in Darts

[surfblue]

You missed out Junction 4. It may look uninteresting but the road that the motorway crosses is Ermine Street, the Roman Road that goes from London to Lincoln and the on to York.

[bobblebardsley]

As a (reasonably) proud Scunthonian who legged it to the far end of the M62 at the first opportunity, I remember one of my favourite stories about the town was a review by a travel writer which consisted solely of something along the lines of: "I drove past Scunthorpe on the M180. It looked closed." Still holds true to this day. Also known as the Industrial Garden Town because of its decent amount of green space, Scunthorpe's motto is 'The heavens reflect our labours' in honour of the red glow that lights up the sky when they tip the steel on the steelworks. Also thanks to the steelworks, many Scunthonians' first experience of the world of work used to be a summer job shovelling slag, wahey. Nowadays the only slag heap you're likely to see up close can be found at Britannia Corner on a Friday night.

[craiggoddard]

Happy new year John. Local resident here. They have used the abandoned bit of motorway for Cabins, welfare facilities and motorway recovery vehicles in recent years for works they’ve done on the M180 and M18.

[michael_sharples]

Love the deadpan sarcastic delivery😂 you earned a sub!

[acnk]

The carriageway was used as a works compound whilst the m180 undergoing resurfacing

Used by tarmac and metrail as offices and to store material and vehicles

As well as facilities for workers

[russellpetrie]

im surprised a television channel hasnt snapped you up for a mini series educational and entertaining

[davidconnor]

Thanks for another fascinating video. I'd never quite understood why the A18(M) became abandoned from reading Pathetic Motorways, but now I get it - thanks for making the story so clear. And thanks for giving the Trolleybus Museum a plug too.

[dopiaza]

I learnt to fly at Sherburn in Elmet and one of our 'standard' journeys was to Humberside airport. First time I flew solo I got lost (sorry - temporarily unsure of location!) as I was expecting to be told to report over Brigg but they asked me to report over Caistor. Having no bloody clue where that was I ended up flying the length of the M180 then turned 'right' along the A1084 to get to Caistor. Air traffic control did have a few questions fro me when I landed!

[dibley]

"Jonny-piss-hands" strikes again! Perfect!
Another great video, thank you for sharing!

[WatchingtheWorldBurning]

In another life, thirty years ago, I used to drive a thousand miles a week identifying, buying and developing trunk road service areas for Little Chef, Happy Eater and Travelodge as a land buyer for Forte UK. You must live a similar daily life, without the need to speak with planning officers.

[thdukeofwybourne]

Upvoted for the ending on the uncredited Horkstow Bridge.
Which is part of my favourite route, as I make an attempt, probably ill-fated, to pushbike off my Christmas belly.

[Britishchapp]

Another great video. My late father was a former Navigator on Vulcans and flew 40 hours in XH558 during its operational life.

[EngineerLewis]

Of course one reason for the M180 is access to Humberside Airport which I did not hear you mention. I had a job which required me to travel overseas reqularly and I live close to the A15 which runs north and connects to the M180. So I used Humberside Airport a lot to connect to Amsterdam and then on to wherever I was going to. The best part was that the small airport meant I could easily avoid long queues and even if I was going to say The USA, I could wave goodbye to my suitcase in Humberside and see it again thousands of miles away! Thanks for the video and Happy New Year John.

[Badgertronix]

I clicked on this suggested video with low expectations, but was blown away with all of the information and history packed into the show. Great job

[exite]

I'm not even from the UK, but the entertainment value heavily outweighs that. Happy new year!!

[denniselenson]

I was wondering, what was that person doing on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere talking to a tripod, as I was driving past on A180. I never thought I'd actually get to see the video, and what a wanderful video it was! Happy New Year John!

[astronomenov]

I'm loving these videos. I do remember being surprised one night whilst driving past Scunthorpe on the M180. I saw the sudden orange glow of the red hot slag being tipped out. On another note, the services on the M18/M180 seem to be strangely remote. Like an island, separate from the busy world. It's actually calming. I like stopping there.

[koshfu]

I travel on the M181 to the M180 and come off at junction 2 every day for work, you covered everything and more in this video. The abandoned Isle of Axholme railway is interesting, the section between Epworth and Haxey was used for scrap miltary truck storage for many years. If only Dr Beeching hadn’t been so ruthless I could have travelled to work from Scunthorpe by train :(