thumb|The northern side of the junction

The Hanger Lane gyratory is a multi-lane rectangular gyratory – having the Hanger Lane underpass, under its southern limb, for the Western Avenue (A40). It enables intersection with the North Circular (A406) and the inceptive Ealing Road towards Wembley. It is in the north of the borough of Ealing in west London.

Scope and interior

It covers about . At rush hour it carries nearly 10,000 vehicles per hour.

History

thumb|The site as a three-way rural junction in about 1880. The pariochial detached part of [[Hanwell, a strip of eastern land, measured 74 acres.]]

In the 1960s, a long tunnel was built to take the A40 road underneath the Hanger Lane junction. The junction became a gyratory in the early 1980s when the western side of the loop was built. In December 2007 it was named Britain's scariest junction.

Before its tunnelling cost was approved, the High Speed 2 railway was to cause a remodelling of the gyratory, but in April 2013 it was decided to put this section of HS2 in a bored tunnel instead due to the cost of rebuilding the gyratory system.

References

  • Light hearted description of the junction on H2G2
  • Picture and description