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Bilston Street, Sedgley

Black Country Route

A463, heading to Wombourne

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Sedgley Approach
The view up Gospel End Street towards the Village centre and All Saints Church on the skyline.

Black Country Route
The view from Oxford Street Island in Bilston, Wolverhampton along the Route towards the M6.

The B4563 meets the A463 in Sedgley

Wombourne roundabout on the A463 and A449

Bilston Motorway

This (from the 1963 Geographers' atlas again) must have been soon after the Bilston motorway was dreamt up. Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 10, 2007 by FosseWay

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Bilston Motorway in 1974

If you look very carefully, it's still there, still proposed... but not a motorway. AA Book of the Road 1974 Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 10, 2007 by FosseWay

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Original design for The Lunt Junction from the late 1980's

Black Country Route in Bilston,... (C) Roger Kidd
The dual carriageway A463 Looking east from the footbridge at the west bound traffic. The unsightly blue-green building on the right is the new Bert Williams Leisure Centre.

Black Country Route in Bilston,... (C) Roger Kidd
The A463 Looking east from the footbridge.

A463 Black Country Route, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Just beyond this roundabout, the route bypasses the centre of Bilston as it makes its way eastward to the M6 and Walsall.

Vulcan Road Bridge The A463 Black Country Route passes over the U121 Lunt Road, Bilston.

Tower of Light The view of the sculpture by Eillis O'Connel on Vulcan Road Island, Bilston. The yellow fence marks the border of Bilston Football Ground and the Black Country Route.

Redevelopment on the Black Country Route This development has appeared over the last few months on a brown field site near Bilston.

The Keyway in 1987, showing Phase I of construction.

Taken from OS Landranger sheet 139 (Birmingham and Wolverhampton), revision A//*/*/*/*; published Feb 1987.

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The Keyway in 1990, showing Phase II of construction. This includes the portion that only existed in situ for around two years.

Taken from OS Landranger sheet 139 (Birmingham and Wolverhampton), revision B; published July 1990.

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The Keyway in 1994, showing the temporary situation following the removal of half of Stage II.

Taken from OS Landranger sheet 139 (Birmingham and Wolverhampton), revision B2; published July 1994.

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Anchor Road Bridge The view down Anchor Road Bilston to the Railway Bridge. This is the former route of the A463.

A463 Black Country Route at Spring Vale, Wolverhampton Looking north-east, from where the road crosses the canal and railway.

Black Country Route Bridge The view down the Birmingham Canal to the A463 road bridge with the Wolverhampton to Birmingham railway alongside.

A463 Black Country Route at Spring Vale, Wolverhampton Looking north-east, the two approaching cars have just crossed the Birmingham Canal Navigation (Wolverhampton Level).

The Black Country Route to Dudley

Poundland Depot The view of the depot alongside the Black Country Route (A463) in Bilston, looking towards Spring Vale Island.

Early 1970s plan for Bilston Link Motorway

1963 plan for Bilston Link Motorway

Bilston Street, Sedgley. Old 1960/70s style columns with new Urbis Ampera Midi lanterns which are LED. The original lanterns probably would of been SOX/LPS.

Shaw Road, Coseley. Old 1970s style column and Thorn Civiteq lanterns which are LED. The original lantern on the old column was a GEC Z9554 (SOX/LPS), and the more modern post-top would have had an Industria/WRTL Arc 80 (SON/HPS).

 

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