There's a farm in the middle of the M62

Stubborn farmer dosent budge so the motorway was built around his property regardless of the millions they offered him to shift.

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[thanxx]

bullshit! the land was unsuitable for building the road on-and not because he wouldn't move you should do your research before you post videos

[ascolti]

Let me clear this up.

The reason the carriageways split long before the farm and come back together long after it are nothing to do with the money, land ownership or anything else.

The land the farm is on is very marshy, prone to movement under pressure and to make things worse an underground river flows near it.

It was considerably cheaper to separate the the two carriageways than construct what would effectively be a giant dam.

Sorry if that ruins a good story, but there you go.

[markshawisthebest]

its still a farm in the middle tho aint it dip shit dont have to get all political

[malcolmcog]

Once (in about 2002) at midnight I stopped on the hard shouler and crossed to the farm in the middle of the motoray, just to say I been there. As I remember it was a fine drizzle.

[ironmanc5]

it's murder getting off the drive in the morning though

[theonlyantony]

Yeah, the chap who bought the land was none other than Geoff Capes, the strongm'n. He breeds budgies there. The Pennine District council and the motorways Commission have offered him millions to move out but he has now appealed to the EEC and the area has been declared a principality. (i.e. a nation state) He is said to be very pleased with the decision and has bred a new strain of budgie to celebrate - 'The M62 Chirpy' - which is a sort of Tarmacky colour with white lines down its back.

[johngferguson]

bit like the Dunsilly end of the M2 in Northern Ireland

[38Highbury]

Great work Davidthirlwell, you knew the real reason the farm was in the middle, as about a million people have ranted below, but by putting that in the title, you get views and comments, and they all fell for it. Great work.

There is a vid on youtube all about the construction of this motorway, Secret life of the motorway I think.

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[deanok1960]

I heard that when they drew the route the draughtsman sneezed and left a gap between Westbound & Eastbound lanes - many years later a would be farmer seized the opportunity of some cheap land and decided to build a farm (he moved up from Milton Keynes and sold his roundabout managerie). Could be an urban myth (or is that a rural myth?)

[blobby1972]

@simonphilipsmusic .You should use a capital letter at the start of a sentence too :(

[simonphilipsmusic]

@blobby1972 we will tell you there's no "r" in father though :)

[lozzyloveyou]

@pinoyoverseas hahahaha you took my comment seriously?