INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Stott Hall Farm which is located between the east and west bound carriageways of the m62 on saddleworth moor is known to have existed as far back as the 18th century. The road forks around the farm for engineering reasons owing to the surrounding area's geology, though a local myth persists that the road had to be split because the owners refused to sell the land during its construction. This is not the case since the owners could have been obliged to sell via a compulsory purchase order. Due to its remoteness in the Pennines, the farm is often nicknamed as "the Little House on the Prairie", and is often used as an unofficial service station for stranded motorists...

dont believe that... thats the conspiracist in me....

OF course a big company would say that, I for one cannot see what geological reasons mooving the motoryway 25m would have had...

[dizzyblonde]

might have somethng to do with the farm being situated in a giant ditch ?
my other halfs dad has the m62 being built on film..he may also know the real answer to this

[Mr Speirs]

The interesting fact is true but the road constructors did offer a substantial amount of money for the house as they were effectivey surrounding the house with motorway. They refused to sell and they reached an agreement that they would stay as long as the road people built an underpass for them to reach the house.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Gene genie

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And Meatloaf (as in Mr-Bat-out-of-Hell) turned down a chance to meet him just hours before the assasination.

His friends dad worked at the airport and he and some friends went to the gate that the President left by.

Meat was too shy to leave the car.

American Sonya Thomas holds no less than 15 world speed-eating records including 80 chicken nuggets in 12 minutes and 65 hard-boiled eggs in six minutes and 40 seconds. She is only 5 feet 5 inches tall and weights a miniscule 7 and a half stone.

Originally Posted by 454697819

dont believe that... thats the conspiracist in me....

OF course a big company would say that, I for one cannot see what geological reasons mooving the motoryway 25m would have had...

The land where the fields are next to the farm house (inbetween the motorway) has a distinct problem with sinking. Even if the house was demolished, the contractors had planned to split the carriages anyway. Just not to the extent that it has been done.

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

The interesting fact is true but the road constructors did offer a substantial amount of money for the house as they were effectivey surrounding the house with motorway. They refused to sell and they reached an agreement that they would stay as long as the road people built an underpass for them to reach the house.

All true as well.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

The interesting fact is true but the road constructors did offer a substantial amount of money for the house as they were effectivey surrounding the house with motorway. They refused to sell and they reached an agreement that they would stay as long as the road people built an underpass for them to reach the house.

as borrowed from wikipedia :P

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Baph

The land where the fields are next to the farm house (inbetween the motorway) has a distinct problem with sinking. Even if the house was demolished, the contractors had planned to split the carriages anyway. Just not to the extent that it has been done.



All true as well.

they've done this with the m1 between junction 36 and 37 - stepped the carriageways on different levels - the southbound carriageway is about 20 feet higher than the northbound which is immediately next to it...

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

they've done this with the m1 between junction 36 and 37 - stepped the carriageways on different levels - the southbound carriageway is about 20 feet higher than the northbound which is immediately next to it...

IIRC, that wasn't done due to subsidence issues though. That was done as a cost saving exercise mainly. It avoids re-routing the carriageway without having to build the land up for the northbound carriageway.

If you build the land up, but the underlying land suffers subsidence, you have a major headache, especially if it's a motorway you're building.

[Mr Speirs]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

as borrowed from wikipedia :P

As borrowed from a Channel 4 Documentary on the advancement of cars, car safety and motorways.