Editing Spaghetti junction (section)

==Etymology==
The term was originally used to refer to the [[Gravelly Hill Interchange]] on the [[M6 motorway]] in [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom.<ref name=reverso>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definitions/spaghetti%20junction|work=English Collins Dictionary|title=Spaghetti junction|publisher=[[HarperCollins|HarperCollins Publishers LLC]]|access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> In an article published in the ''[[Birmingham Mail|Birmingham Evening Mail]]'' on 1 June 1965 the journalist Roy Smith described plans for the junction as "like a cross between a plate of spaghetti and an unsuccessful attempt at a [[Stafford knot|Staffordshire knot]]", with the headline above the article on the newspaper's front page, written by sub-editor Alan Eaglesfield, reading "Spaghetti Junction".<ref>{{cite book|last=Addison|first=Paul|title=No Turning Back|year=2010|publisher=[[OUP Oxford]]|location=[[Oxford]]|isbn=978-0192192677|page=139}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spaghetti Junction myth is untangled|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/spaghetti-junction-myth-is-untangled-163228|website=Birmingham Mail|date=13 October 2011|access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Moran|first=Joe|title=On Roads|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PXtBbx8xmqkC&pg=PA45|access-date=23 June 2012|year=2010|publisher=[[Profile Books]]|location=[[London]]|isbn=978-1846680601|page=45}}</ref> Since then many complex interchanges around the world have acquired the nickname.

Throughout [[North America]], this type of interchange is widely referred to as a '''spaghetti junction''', '''mixing bowl''', '''knot''', or '''maze''', often including the name of the [[freeway]], city, or notable landmark near enough to the interchange.