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The A456 passing over the Clent Hills

This way to the M5 junction 3

Hagley Road

Hagley Road West

Hagley Road & Five Ways Island

Queue on A456 at Manor Lane caused by the A459 roundabout in Halesowen.

Queue on A456 approaching the A459 Grange Hill roundabout.

High Street, Halesowen

Lighting replacement A456 Birmingham

Some of the old S&L columns are being replaced on Hagley Road West. Birmingham is one of a few authorities not to mix different lighting types so the new columns are having SOX lanterns fitted.

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Mar 13, 2008 by Truvelo

Plaque commemorating opening of Bewdley Bypass, 12 June 1987.

Welcome to Birmingham - Quinton Expressway

A mile from the centre of Birmingham on the Hagley Road

B4043 Manor Lane exit from A456 Manor Way

Quinton, Birmingham. It was unusual to see these columns with casual Unistreet (LED) replacements. The old blue columns on the left are Sandwell council, and the modern black columns on the right are Birmingham council.

Lots of Philips SGS203s in Kidderminster.

Lots of Philips SGS203s in Kidderminster.

Broad Street, Birmingham.

The original layout of Paradise Circus prior to removing the tunnel on the eastern side of the gyratory.

Early plan for Paradise Circus from the mid 20th century

Proposal for an inner bypass of Bewdley with a new bridge over the River Severn

Alternative proposal for an inner bypass of Bewdley from the 1950s. Solid grey roads are pedestrianised.

Mixture of different street lights along Hagley Rd, at the junction meeting with the Birmingham New Rd. On the left are a few 10m blue columns with WRTL Arc 90s (SON/HPS) and taller 12m black posts with Indal Airtrace (SON/HPS) lanterns, which belong to Birmingham council. As for on the right, those street lights belong to Sandwell council, where there are more 10m blues columns with an Arc 90 and also Philips Digistreets (LED), along with S&L columns with geared Philips MA60s (SOX/LPS) in the background as well. This road is right on the border between Birmingham and Sandwell, which is why the street lighting on each side is different.

Jet-black 10m columns along Hagley Rd, at the underpass in Quinton. The lanterns on the left are Indal Airtraces (SON), and on the right are Philips Digistreets (LED). This is right on the border between Birmingham (left) and Sandwell (right), which is why the street lighting is different on each side.

1990s proposals for Kidderminster, Blakedown and Hagley Bypass

Older columns with new Philips Digistreets (LED). The previous lanterns were Philips SGS306s (HPS/SON) and they were on longer brackets as well. This is along the A456 coming into Halesowen.

1990s columns with new Philips Digistreets (LED). The previous lanterns were Urbis ZX3s (HPS/SON). The longer outreach brackets have since been cut back and shortened as well. This is along the A456 on the edge of Halesowen.

Urbis ZX3s (HPS/SON) on a twin bracket and a 12m steel column. These are some of the only few ZX3s on this stretch of road that still remain, which have been there since the early 1990s. Nearly all the rest of have been replaced for Philips Digistreets (LED), and the outreach brackets have been cut off and shortened as well. This is along the A456 in Halesowen.

Along the A456 on the outskirts of Halesowen, with a 50 mph speed limit. The street lights along here used to have longer brackets with deep-bowled Urbis ZX3 (SON/HPS), but earlier this year the outreach arms were removed and lanterns got changed for Philips Digistreets (LED).

10m steel column with a Philips Iridium. The street lights in the background are older 1970s style of columns with Philips SGS203s, which wouldn't have been the original lanterns. This is on the A456 in Hagley.

Older 1970s style of steel column and bracket with a more modern Holophane Estilo lantern, which I think runs on a cosmo lamp. This on the A456 in Kidderminster. I was told that the previous lantern may have been a Thorn Alpha 4, which would of ran on a LPS/SOX lamp.

12m steel columns with Phosco P850s. I believe these LED street lights are about 5 years old now.

1970s street lights with long diagonal and outreach brackets with Philips SGS203s (SON/HPS). I was once told that the original lanterns were Thorn Alpha 5s (SOX/LPS). This is along the A456 in Hagley, Worcestershire.

High-mast columns with newer Philips Lumas. This is at the roundabout with the A4540 and A456 in Birmingham.

Black columns with unusual twin brackets supporting Indal Airtraces. Thankfully some of these street lights still survived after the tramway/metro extension work took place here. This is on Hagley Road at the Edgbaston Village just outside Birmingham city centre.

 

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