A4123 road
Encyclopedia
The A4123, also known as the Birmingham New Road, is a major road in the West Midlands
linking Wolverhampton
with Birmingham
. It was one of the first major new roads constructed for use by motor traffic, and was designed as an unemployment relief project.. It runs roughly northwest to southeast from the Wolverhampton Ring Road to Harborne, west of Birmingham City Centre.
Construction of the road began on 4 February 1924, and was built in individual sections., and provided jobs for at least 470 unemployed workers in the area. It was opened by the then Prince Of Wales (later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
) on 2 November 1927.
The road has previously been a Trunk Road (looked after by the Highways Agency
), but was detrunked on 13 November 2008.
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
linking Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
with Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
. It was one of the first major new roads constructed for use by motor traffic, and was designed as an unemployment relief project.. It runs roughly northwest to southeast from the Wolverhampton Ring Road to Harborne, west of Birmingham City Centre.
Construction of the road began on 4 February 1924, and was built in individual sections., and provided jobs for at least 470 unemployed workers in the area. It was opened by the then Prince Of Wales (later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
) on 2 November 1927.
The road has previously been a Trunk Road (looked after by the Highways Agency
Highways Agency
The Highways Agency is an executive agency, part of the Department for Transport in England. It has responsibility for managing the core road network in England...
), but was detrunked on 13 November 2008.