Secrets of The Motorway - A8M

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This is the shortest motorway in the UK. Ignoring Ireland (for now)

It's really short.. so short you'd wonder why it ever existed... luckily I have the answers. It's mostly down to formalities but it's an interesting story I promise. Other interesting things include balanding ponds, a bridge and even a stretch of abandoned road. Who knew the shortest motorway was hiding all of these secrets.
Me.

In this series I 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 will uncover some of the hidden secrets our motorways have to offer.

[AutoShenanigans]

I'm not sure how a video on the shortest motorway ended up at 7 mins long.

[AndreiTupolev]

Managing to get a 7 minute video out of a 300 metre motorway must be the highest video to motorway length ratio yet recorded 🤗

[tommyr]

My wife saw me watching this on the TV and she actually sat down to watch it and standing at the door for a bit.

That is the highest honour any content creator could wish for.

[stephenyates]

There's only 1 man who can make a 7 minute video about a 300m stretch of motorway, and his name is Jon. Keep up the good work, it's a rather interesting series

[davidtraynor]

I dunno how you've managed to get 7 minutes out of 300meters with more interesting content than half the crap on YouTube. John, I salute you 👏

[Claymore]

As a truck driver in Scotland I've been along that bit of road hundreds of times and never knew some of this stuff! Thank you!

[tradeplatetravels]

Love your channel. If I ever pass a man standing in a field at the side of a motorway and waving at the sky, I'll know who it is :)

[johnclements]

The balancing pond will also treat small amounts of pollution to a limited extent. The microbes in the pond will break down some of the hydrocarbons from minor discharges before they flow into the local stream. If it is too much and the alarm is triggered then it is better that the pond dies than the stream.

[AndreiTupolev]

If there's a new Jago Hazzard, Secrets of the Motorway 🛣 can't be far behind

[bikeforever]

Somehow the convolutions of these short link roads are way more interesting than the big motorways. The twists of having to solve problems with limited resources makes intriguing watching.

[David_Crayford]

Before boldly presenting the pond, I was eagerly expecting that tiny turning to be part of a plan to build a big service station.

[chrisshelley]

Nice vocal malfunction there, pleased you kept it in.
The bit about water run off was also interesting, if Thames Water were in charge it would be full of shit and cost a lot more to do nothing about.

[ethzero]

Originally I'd take a drink 🍷 everytime John would say in a video, "originally" but for this video, like many roads in the UK I'm going to abandon that it!

[ptonpc]

You're slipping, you managed to pronounce some of those names almost correctly :P I remember the chaos and mayhem while the new M8 was being built. At parts there is a concrete dividing wall built between the two directions. On the first day of it being officially opened a car hit the wall hard enough to bounce back across the lanes, scattering bits of vehicle everywhere.

[portlandfester]

So interesting didn’t know motorways had such ponds you are the best at making videos hope you never stop

[Boating_David]

Disappointed by the lack of services on this motorway 😝

[FrazerSmithsChannel]

I am surprised you managed to do so much filming near Coatbridge and didn't lose your car. And camera. And drone.

[southcalder]

The roundabout also partially replaced one of my least favourite junctions in Scotland - the 6 way traffic lights outside Morrisons where the A8/A89 used to cross paths along with two other local side roads.

The junction is still there, but the A8/A89 crossroads has been moved now and the A89 is subsumed until the large new roundabout on the far side of the Bailleston Interchange. Which has improved the flow substantially.

[ioyyzvw]

Great! Love to see an episode on the M90!

[joandchrismarchant]

Each week for the last month or so i have thought 'M90 this week' and you keep coming up with more motorways!