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The A4123 Birmingham New Road/Wolverhampton Road
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 Link
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The route was opened in 1927; it was constructed as an unemployment relief project (Link and Link Hansard). It was twentieth-century Britain's first new-build inter-city highway, pre-dating the A580 East Lancashire Road by seven years.
.The route was opened in 1927; it was constructed as an unemployment relief project (Link
and Link Hansard). It was twentieth-century Britain's first new-build inter-city highway, pre-dating the A580 East Lancashire Road by seven years.by David Dixon
Created: Fri, 28 Apr 2023, Updated: Fri, 28 Apr 2023
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