Secrets of The Motorway - M180
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ธ.ค. 2022
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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.
***Additional Footage by @TrainsPlanesAutomobiles ***
Full video here - • Trolleybuses and Buses...
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the M180 was of course named in honour of Yorkshire’s prowess in Darts
Most of its in Lincolnshire
That brought a smile, many thanks and a Happy New Year.
@@belltond1527 it's too early in the year to be pedantic.
@@belltond1527 the M180 was named in honour of what everyone wants to do when they find out they’re in Lincolnshire then
Defo Lincolnshire.
Dude, the sheer fact that you are doing this series and all the research involved has made you the expert.
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
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.
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.
@Vasili Timonen I definitely am because I just looked at it on Street View and was surprised to see the statue gone from the corner of the building 😂
Only been to Scunthorpe once for a night out in the 80's, it was great. Didn't get to Britannia Corner but a cracking gig in a Pub I don't remember that had a wedding reception in the other bar. Best bit was when the bride in full get up walked into a punk gig out back to see a lad who had passed out and had his trousers round his ankles,
didn't bat an eyelid, she kept drinking and smiling.
who did put that in Scunthorpe ?
As an ex resident of the area this was hilarious
@@itsCh4rl1e Maybe I should write a book 😂
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.
That would explain the markings that look like car parking bays for sure.
@@cyberleaderandy1 That's a bit disappointingly mundane to be honest. I was hoping it was one of those situations where a legacy work order to paint the road had never been cancelled and it was just getting done every couple of years without anyone questioning why.
(I saw a story many years ago in Readers Digest's 'Humour In Uniform' in which an airman had been tasked to repaint an airfield's taxiway markings in anticipation of an imminent VIP visit. He accidentally knocked a paint pot over and, not having time or resources to clean it up, painted the spill into a neat white square running nearly edge-to-edge across the taxiway in the hope that it might look to the untrained like part of the official markings. Years later he visited the same airfield as a civilian. Not only was his square still there, it was newly repainted and had clearly received many a fresh coat over the years. Sometimes it's easier to just do and not ask.)
@@KevReillyUK Blimey how big was the paint pot?!
@@KevReillyUK lol
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.
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!
Few years ago I was having a scone in the garden and XH558 flew overhead. I've never felt more British
I really hope you typed that in a BBC public service announcement voice.
im surprised a television channel hasnt snapped you up for a mini series educational and entertaining
And leave out the signature profanity? Visigoth.
@@k.r.baylor8825 lol very true theyd make it into aboring brainwashing documentery trying to hide thr truth
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.
Should do a video about that unfinished cycle section into Brigg along the canel. Wish the land owner would just give consent already, Brigg to South Ferriby would be a lovely ride. However, that B road from Elsham to South Ferriby is already very very quiet and with some effort you can get up a hill and have some great views from the top of the Ancholme Valley.
I was wondering what that interesting looking bridge was. Cheers 👍
Thanks for answering my burning question after watching this video - definitely added to my todo list of local bike rides!
Love the deadpan sarcastic delivery😂 you earned a sub!
"Jonny-piss-hands" strikes again! Perfect!
Another great video, thank you for sharing!
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.
J5 would have been for the Junction for the M11 (J17 on the M11), but the M11 was never finished plans are online it was going to go south to London and Sunderland to the Noth was going to connect to Humber Bridge as well
This makes perfect sense as the M180 junction 5 is also for northbound access to the A15 and Humber Bridge, in addition to the A180 and A18 - There are rumours that the M11 extension to Hull could still be on the cards
@@circattle oh just see a pig fly I cannot see them extending the M11 but the A15 was the route for the M11
1. because people will stand in the way AKA eco-warriors climate change protesters
2. they are trying to extended the M11 to Peterborough, so it would be good to make it all away but cannot find this happening in my time
but there did put in a new bypass at Lincoln and if there can dual carriageway the A15 all the way to the A17 (sorry I am a lorry driver)
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 :(
Absolutely fantastic video! Was waiting for this one since the M18 one. Appreciate all the hard work that goes into these videos you do an awesome job! 👌
The concrete surface on the A180 is a nightmare in a coach. It provides ASMR for the coach driver🤣
No idea how I missed this one but lots of stories of the M180 and Sandtoft over the years.
Many memories of the M180 shifting Pugs and Citroens from Immingham docks to Sandtoft when my then employer had the contract, and ferrying from Sandtoft to the railhead in Doncaster to go onto our own rolling stock for depots as far afield as Bathgate and Sheerness with a few others inbetween.
Back in 2005-6 a Pug 205 van paid £5 bonus but the 10th, 11th and 12th on the truck paid about the same as the first 9 put together so a load of 12 vans was worth almost £90 in bonus per load (compare that to 12 cars that paid about £30). Twice a year I'd do a month filling fleet orders in the run up to new reg numbers and move about 300 vans a week compared to 70-100 cars on dealership deliveries the rest of the year.
Another great video, adds yet more items to my list of interesting places to visit (not the motorway but the airfield and bridges!!). Really enjoying the series
Great thanks for this upload! You never run out of surprises.
Happy new year John! I can't think of anything better than nursing my hangover with your dulcet tones and motorway knowledge.
You're going to run out of motorways soon!
Hi. Junction 5 for a long time had a different configuration. I used to live in Grimsby but had family in Scarborough. Before the construction of the Humber Bridge, this involved driving around the Humber via Boothferry Bridge if you didn't take the ferry. To start with this involved the A18 and the old swing bridges at Keedby and Boothferry. Then they built the M18 and M180. For a long time, the M180 stopped at junction 5 and you had to rejoin the old A18 to get to Grimsby. Throughout my childhood, we used to call it the 'motorway to nowhere' as there was a full motorway junction clearly designed to be continued but the road ran into an earth bank. Eventually, they pushed it through as the A180. Also, they added the link road to the Humber Bridge, and eventually also built a link road to Lincoln along the line of the old roman Ermine Street.
Sounds like the A27 bypass at Arundel, lord whatever his name was complained and had it stopped so forcing massive traffic jams all round the place. the road stops at an embankment.
I remember the motorway just stopping dead at Barnetby top. We lived in Healing and had to go past airport and then through Keelby.
The markings on the abandoned strip of road next to the slip road might be for work trucks etc. to park and store equipment and materials as they used that bit while repairing a long stretch of the M180 a short while ago in the last few years.
Great to see my local motorway finally make the series! One of the lesser known but more interesting motorways I think! Tons of history in Lincolnshire! Great episode!
Happy New Year! Very interesting fact about the Vulcan display - I have fond memories of watching (and hearing and feeling) the Vulcan fly at airshows, and it's one of those aircraft you couldn't ignore! 😄
The outro shot is stunning and nicely done.
Here's to plenty more TH-cam success for you in 2023.
Absolute quality Jon, and on my doorstep again with this one. Fantastic and very interesting buddy!!!
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.
I agree and commuter/freight traffic to the 2 oil refineries at Killingholm and ports of Immingham, Killingholm and Grimsby. Imminhgam port is the UK's largest by tonnage and it was only recently the council spent another £175 million to upgrade the junction to Immingham/Killingholm from the A180
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.
This channel has grown so much since I first subbed! Happy to see a good channel like this gaining traction
I'm not even from the UK, but the entertainment value heavily outweighs that. Happy new year!!
Happy New Year to you too. As a proud local, I’ve been hoping you’d do the M180 soon, and you didn’t disappoint. It’s been fascinating hearing what you’ve found out about my surrounding area. Every video of yours is an education, and a joy to watch. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to the next one.
Glad to have done it justice! Thanks for watching.
@@AutoShenanigans what happened to junction 4?
Absolutely fascinating. I keep a google earth project open on my PC high-lighting abandoned roads, railways, etc. and you have assisted me in adding to it. Thank you.
I well remember that concrete surface - yes it was (cuckoo) noisy! The signs at either end of it referred to an experimental road surface but that "experiment" went on waay too long. I used to hate that section of my journey to Grimsby.
I had no Idea that there is a trolleybus museum there. I shall have to investigate...!
Did not expect to see a Bradford Trolleybus in this
Drive both 180's every day, Never realised they were so interesting! Thanks for popping down to our neck of the woods with some great content.
Happy New year John. Loving the videos. Looking forward to seeing more of your excellent presentations in 2023 👍
The first motorway I ever drove on. I lived in Lincolnshire and so early one Sunday morning after I passed my test, I drove the full length from junction 5 to Doncaster and back to practice motorway driving on a very quiet road. Just me and lots of lorries and tankers heading to/from Immingham and Grimsby.
The first and only thing to make me smile today, don’t live the most happy life but your videos make my week John. Thank you for all you do
Glad to be of (minimal) service.
Genuinly staggering how many abandoned Roads there are dotted about. The old RAF Airfields are cool tho. The old RAF North Witham just near Colsterworth on the A1 is amazing. Theres still the control tower there and a few other bits. Crazy how quick nature takes over tho. And of you reached the bottom, Happy new year John!!
A very happy new year to you John. Really enjoyed seeing this particular piece, as I’ve traversed many a time, and pondered, just what is all this shenanigans! Great piece, great answers. Cheers.
Happy New Year John .. keep up the fantastic videos.
The wickedsweetawesome made me click that button. You magician!
My favourite slightly local bit of disused motorway. Sandtoft trolleybus museum is ace when it opens for the odd day.
Sandtoft trolley bus is open weekends outside winter, agree its brill!
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Brilliant JPH …another funny and fascinating video. Have a great 2022 👍🍻
9m31s of my live fore filled, for which I can only say thank you. Keep up the videos….. love em.
The first part of the M180 to be built ,the Brigg Bypass,was in response to the June 74 Flixborough explosion,Brigg has some very narrow main through roads and all the petrol tankers leaving the Killingholme refineries for the the motorway system had to travel through Brigg,so that section was prioritised.The M180 Brigg Bypass was built quite quickly after Flixborough,and the rest of the M180 followed after.Yes ,you are correct about the M180/A180 junction at Elsham lane drop.It was thought that the M180 would continue to Grimsby as full 3 lane motorway ,but instead was built as a terribly noisy concrete dual carriageway.Parts of the A180 have been resurfaced with blacktop but a large part remains concrete surfaced,although there were plans to re-surface more but this seems to have been delayed,or abandoned.
Thanks John and Happy New Year 👌
Great stuff as always John - thanks for another fab video
I've become obsessed with watching these videos, amazing work.
Merry new year - thank you for the video which I thought I did not need but appreciate none the less
Really glad you included the noise of the a180
Another great video. My late father was a former Navigator on Vulcans and flew 40 hours in XH558 during its operational life.
That's pretty awesome!
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
Yep. No idea *why* this was in my suggested vids and did the same. Cracking vid. 👍
Great presentation of these motorways, and their unusual disused bits. all makes for an interesting start to 2023. all the best to you and your team. (Some nice bridges and viaducts) Cheers Bob
Thanks for the birthday present John,coincidentally I also live about 4 miles from the M180 double bonus yayy
Happy New Year.
Thanks for another wonderful video.
Happy new year John - and thanks for doing my local motorway. Also love the shots of Horkstow Bridge at the end
Horkstow Bridge was a nice Easter Egg. I was told many years ago -- shortly after the opening of the nearby Humber Bridge -- that Horkstow was the first example of a suspension bridge in England. On checking just now, I see the Union Suspension Bridge over the River Tweed seems to have been the first (even if one end is in Scotland), having been built in 1820. Horkstow Bridge is a tad younger, built in 1836.
@@neiltrotter5933 Horkstow Bridge is one of only a few of the early suspension bridges that remain as originally designed.
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!
imagine the dudes in the control centre... they'd be dumbfounded to if it's another jumper or just another youtuber here for sightseeing for some reason.
@@PrograError :)) I do look for jumpers, everytime I go under a bridge, you don't want one trespassing through your windscreen
Happy New Year Jon, thank you for all the interesting content. Your facts and interesting sights along the motorway are always interesting to watch and I thank you for all your research efforts 👍
So enjoyable, as always..Happy New Year John
Love this series!! Happy New Year John and here's to 100k subscribers in 2023!!
Happy New Year John and thanks for an entertaining look at another motorway. I used to be a field engineer and thought I'd travelled every motorway in the UK, but somehow never ticked this one off. Anyway, you do know that once you've run out of things to say about motorways you'll start to fall into the gravity well that is disused railways :)
Locoshenanigans has a nice ring to it 😄
@@ENLSN77 shenanilocos?
if he does I can take him straight some old track left over behind a kids play area from the potteries loop line.
Rarely used this motorway(s) back in the day … to the point I know I did at least once but no recollection of it or why (trip to Scunthorpe for some bizarre reason?). Perhaps this is a blessing?
Keep it up! Thoroughly enjoying these vids!
Happy new year John looking forward for another year of great content 👌💯
I love this channel and an old guy that watches them on my tv, so can use that button specifically designed for that, keep them coming on 2023, even though I’m from Northern Ireland and we only have 2 motorways, have driven on the British motorways a few times, Happy new year
Honestly I can't lie, I have absolutely no idea as to why I'm watching this at 3am on a Saturday morning 😅
Happy New year John! Love the content as always buddy
I have just discovered your channel. I really like the fast pace with which you deliver the facts. I am also in complete agreement with your assessment of fly tippers! I think that I will watch some more of your videos this year.
Welcome along, wonderful to have you.
Love the series - keep them coming! That’s some quick turn around in the edit though Jon! 🤯 bet you’ll be glad for the longer days coming! 😂
Cannot wait for longer days!!!
A lot of enthusiasm for something that I would have had no interest in what so ever if I hadn't found this video at random. Nice one.
Happy new year.
Another great video.
As always, awesome 👏👏👍😀
I’m glad you did this as when I’m driving up there it’s dark and I miss all this!
Its nice to be reminded of the bridge over the 180 at Sandtoft. That's where I got my speeding ticket from the coppers parked beneath while trying to locate the collapsed bank at Stainforth which closed the railway for many weeks
Love this series. Happy New Year
The motorway becoming an expressway motif is quite a common one around the network... M5/A38, M20/A20, M27/A31 to name a few.
Happy new year John. Another great video , looked the remark about the behind the scenes video.
Another awesome episode...'Johnny Pisshands'. I fully understand that joke having watched your previous episode..and can relate to such a situation personally.
Speaking of Doncaster Sheffield, I flew on the last inbound Lanzarote flight the night before closure, the third final flight to ever land at this airport.
Excellent. Welcome to Lincolnshire. The Romans were very happy here x 😊
Here we are again with the 'Grand Turismo 4 Soundtrack" in the background, amazing.
Gran Turismo 3 on this one ;)
Happy New Year Jon, thanks for the plug.
No, thanks to you!!
As always superb, I now look forward to this more than I looked forward to Jim Davidsons Big Break
Great video John
happy new year john great pun in there 😂 looked like the local fly tipping point on that abandoned bit of road liked the bridge at the end great feature.
Happy New Year !. Another great watch.
Nice video & puns Johnny Piss Hands. Happy new year to you and your loved ones
My father was based at RAF Finningley (that which became Doncaster Airport) and worked on the Vulcan you mentioned (along with others). He also maintained the nukes that went in them. So I know this area well.
Great series 👍.
Hi John. This was a good one. Always looked at this on maps and wondered what the point of it was.
And that is a ruddy loud road.
Wicked Sweet Awesome
I was on my way to Scunthorpe on Christmas Eve and it was first time I got to drive on M180. It was quite and very pleasant drive. For a change. Thanks for the video and Happy New Year.
Ta John. Another highly amusing masterpiece.
Absolute travesty closing Doncaster Airport, it was fantastic
Upvoted because the airport should not have been allowed to be closed - but can't agree it "was fantastic". It and the services flown from there underwhelmed me.
@@barrieshepherd7694 yeah I get that, I only flew from there a handful of times personally due to the limited routes but I picked up/dropped off my mother who flew from there monthly for several years and it was such a painless journey from Barnsley...now I'm having to do Manchester and Leeds/Bradford - the latter being the ultimate pain in the arse!
I saw my daughter off at that airport once. I travelled by public transport. Took 'kin ages!
@@astronomenov99 Yep - public transport connections were dire - the rail link never materialised - probably just as well now as Peel would have benefited even more from public money spent on 'facilitating' infrastructure.
The word is that its opening again next year, its being either bought or least by The UAE
I once estimated the weight of the M6 to be 24 million tons thus making it the heaviest man made object in the UK....I just can't remember how I got the weight of 1 mile of motorway !
The first vehicle I every drove is in the Trolleybus museum. A 1951 ex London Transport RT, took it for a drive when I was about eight years old.
Did you bring it back?
@@AtheistOrphan My first 9 years of driving took place in a private car park (Ford vans, Jaguar XJ6, Rover SD1, Double Decker buses).
fairly local to this,... driven along here LOTS - never knew this! thanks!!
Happy new year! Best of luck with everything this year!
Thank you for making the holiday season bearable - this beats the utter shite that's been pumped out of the idiot box.
I love your channel John and find you indepth detail incredible. My wife thinks it makes me a geek whatching videos on motorway history 😂😂 I'm just gagging for an M62 insite.
Allways joy John top vlog allways makes family 👪 smill ☺