Secrets of The Motorway - M27

#infrastructure #motorway #m27

This week I kick off in Hampshire and the New Forest where we find the start of the M27. I'll be travelling the length of this, perhaps, unfinished motorway and taking in the sights along the way such as the two odd motorway spurs.. the M271 and M275.

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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Many thanks to:

[mrmotorcycle]

You visited Portsmouth willingly so I admire the dedication

[rubberducky]

The A27 falling short by a few inches is something many can empathise with.

[izzieb]

How could you resist Peppa Pig World? A certain former prime minister said we all must go. I'm honestly surprised he didn't attempt to enshrine it in law to be honest.

[TheProfessorofFilm]

Great video as always John. Just a note for those that don’t know. Fort Nelson is open to the public, a fantastic day out with kids. Loads of tunnels, guns, etc. and best of all it’s free to enter. A must in the school holidays.

[edwinfitchett]

the m271 spur must be a contender for the roughest motorway surface in the world !

[stairmand]

Fun game: count how many times during an Auto Shenanigans video he uses the phrase "but it was cancelled"

[CharlesB]

For the Americans (including me) it's like he's already talked about the Cool interstates that people care about, and the last few episodes have been talking about the bypass interstates and spur roads and I'm not complaining

[mclowes]

I somehow randomly came across this & now 8 hours later I've procrastinated to watch all the videos & am no doubt going to be looking for these places as I drive across the country playing my sport

[ThundrRblx]

FINALLY this is my home motorway thank you shenanigans

[HalfwayUK]

1:53 You're stood right outside my old house! I shouldn't be as excited about that as I am...

[parcelmonious]

I fully expected the theme from Howard's Way when you crossed the Hamble.

[aw]

Interesting fact, in your outro you are standing on part of mainland Britain, with both Portsea Island and the Isle of Wight behind you, meaning that you have the 1st, 3rd and 4th most populous islands in the British Isles in one shot.

[pigasusr]

As a Cities:Skylines player I feel like this channel will become very useful.

[davidwheadon]

You were literally outside my house when you were standing in front of the old Ford factory! Love the videos, keep them up.

[stevehill]

As a teenager living in Gosport, me and my mates used to ride our mopeds up Portsdown hill and go and look at the construction of the M27and try to explore the forts up there (Widley, Southwick, Nelson and Wallington --- though the last 3 were off limits belonging to the MoD and the museum), but a recurring rumour concerning the forts was they were all linked by tunnels and there was stairwells/ventilation shafts that went down to the tunnels, anyway in WW2 the US army was based up there until the end of the war when rather than remove/transport the vast amount of equipment back to the US or elsewhere this equipment (motorcycles, jeeps, trucks and armoured vehicles) was dumped in the stairwell/ventilation shafts to infill said shafts.

[sailorjohnboy]

Hey John, I don't know why your channel is so compelling but here we are. I live 46 miles from the closest motorway, Interstate 10. Amazingly it's only 2, 460 miles long. It only takes around 40 hours of driving to go end-to-end. Thanks for the videos, John

[ImmAdam]

My local motorway, finally! Thanks John :)

[cjmillsnun]

This is my local motorway. Back when this was built, the New Forest wasn't a national park and didn't have quirky planning laws. It's more to do with time. The motorway was completed in '81, by which time it was harder to get motorways through planning in general because NIMBYs. Junc 1 on the M275 was not quit completed as planned because you cannot access Tipner Lane to the east. The eastbound exit off the roundabout is for the Park and Ride.

[mikeywest]

Jury is still on weather the A31 is adequate as most of it is single carriageway after you've passed Ringwood and Ferndown (and don't get us started on the clusterduck that is Canford Bottom roundabout)

[David_Crayford]

One additional point of note is that some slip roads near Naval facilities are deliberately long and sloping to enable nuclear convoys, tanks etc. to access the docks.