Myself and my brother had a business late 1990's/2004 adjacent to the flyover( Birmingham Blinds And Canopies ltd).
We were on the left of the up ramp, out of City direction. Next door was a firm selling/ making weighing scales, and a petrol station which was demolished later for the big modern motorbike shop which came there.
Bham University did a big archeological dig on site and one of the people told me tjhey had uncovered cellars of the old Fleet prison, from centuries earlier. I recall seeing walls and brickwork very deep in the ground.
There were several accidents at the flyover in our time. Most common were vehicles hitting the pillars, or the entrance wall after having a last minute change of heart about going over!
I remember one terrible accident when a car coming at very high speed from the Stratford rd direction hit a pillar head on. 2 injured badly and 2 dead, one thrown many yards through the windscreen and terrible sight.
Also saw a few confrontations on the top when someone came wrong way and refused, or couldnt reverse back out!
Also once saw a hippy type take his horse drawn contraption over, slowly, to the annoyance of many drivers.
What memories this Forum brings back, and how much the city i grew up in, which my family knew since the 1700's(nailmakers), has changed. I have to say not for the better.
However, i will never return, and being no great fan of "Diversity", and not wishing to be thrown off the site, i will leave it there.