2023

SO9789 : Oldbury, New Birmingham Road (4123)

taken 2 years ago, near to Oldbury, Sandwell, England

Oldbury, New Birmingham Road (4123)
Oldbury, New Birmingham Road (4123)
The A4123, also known as the Birmingham New Road (Wolverhampton to Dudley) and Wolverhampton Road (Dudley to Birmingham), is a major road in the West Midlands which runs for 12 miles between Wolverhampton and Harborne. It connects with the M5 motorway (Junction 2 – Oldbury Interchange) at Birchley Island LinkExternal link .

The route was opened in 1927; it was constructed as an unemployment relief project (LinkExternal link and LinkExternal link Hansard). It was twentieth-century Britain's first new-build inter-city highway, pre-dating the A580 East Lancashire Road by seven years.


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SO9789, 38 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 7 April, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 28 April, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 9743 8995 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:30.4463N 2:2.3577W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 9749 8988
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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