A5 A41 roundabout Shropshire

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A5 A41 roundabout Shropshire

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Does anyone know if this junction has a name? I'd like to create an article as I have some interesting stuff.
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I did a search for Weston under lizard roundabout and came up with an article from a Staffordshire newsletter naming it Pickmere Rondabout. Sorry, page keeps crashing on iPad so can't copy URL.
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Excellent, Pickmere Roundabout yields several results. Now I can get on with drawing the planned GSJ's.
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Looking forward to the Pickmere Spaghetti Junction Expressway solution soon then.... :D
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From the SABRE Wiki: Pickmere Roundabout :

Pickmere Roundabout is the roundabout junction between A5 and A41 to the northwest of Wolverhampton and the east of Telford on the border of Staffordshire and Shropshire.


There was originally a crossroads until the current roundabout was built in the early 1960s. It remains unchanged and at the time of writing still retains its streetlighting columns which appear to be nearly as old.

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Nice bit of research :)
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From the SABRE Wiki: Pickmere Roundabout :

Pickmere Roundabout is the roundabout junction between A5 and A41 to the northwest of Wolverhampton and the east of Telford on the border of Staffordshire and Shropshire.


There was originally a crossroads until the current roundabout was built in the early 1960s. It remains unchanged and at the time of writing still retains its streetlighting columns which appear to be nearly as old.

Early proposals for the M54 from 1970 show three potential

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The name must be right, as several websites mention it, but the only Pickmere I'd heard of previously is in Cheshire, NE of Northwich.
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