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The Old Toll house restaurant, Willenhall - Geograph - 1580315.jpg
A former turnpike toll house on B4464, Willenhall, Staffordshire. It is now used as a restuarant
Keyway Island Portobello - Geograph - 1198557.jpg
Keyway Island Portobello The A454 bypasses Willenhall on its way to the M6,viewed from the New Street junction.
Willenhall Road (A454) - Geograph - 3686007.jpg
Willenhall Road (A454) Approaching Portobello Island.
A454 Keyway 2 - Coppermine - 1950.jpg
A454 Keyway 2

looking at it again-how did i fall for it. That's 90% of the 'motorway' there

Posted by 404simon on 4/25/2004
A454 Cantilever sign - Coppermine - 1946.jpg
A454 Cantilever sign

We should have these at motorway gore perhaps, instead of the piddily gore signs. This is the only signage for this junction however (it's on the A454 near the M6)

Posted by 404simon on 4/25/2004
A454 Keyway 1 - Coppermine - 1951.jpg
A454 Keyway 1

coming up to the start of the truly pathetic motorway (due to it being an April Fool's joke and not a motorway)

Posted by 404simon on 4/25/2004
A454 Keyway 0 - Coppermine - 1952.jpg
A454 Keyway 0

The Keyway-this is a good bit of this was-going-to-be-motorway

Posted by 404simon on 4/25/2004
Black Country Route View - Geograph - 1680355.jpg
Black Country Route View
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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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Early 1970s plan for Bilston Link Motorway
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1963 plan for Bilston Link Motorway
The Keyway View - Geograph - 2835378.jpg
The Keyway View
Bilston link.jpg
Geographers map of Bilston Link Motorway

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Navigation Inn, Fibbersley - Geograph - 834886.jpg
Navigation Inn, Fibbersley
Rose Hill, Willenhall - Geograph - 1197804.jpg
B4484 Rose Hill, Willenhall
B4157.jpg
Old signpost referring to defunct B4157
Willenhall - Stringes Lane - Geograph - 1853795.jpg
The former B4157 ran along Stringes Lane, Willenhall.
Level crossing, Noose Lane - Geograph - 1580316.jpg
Level crossing, Noose Lane
St Thomas More View - Geograph - 2141106.jpg
St Thomas More View The view of U99 Darlaston Lane next to the secondary school. The Black Country Route Bridge can be seen in the distance.
Evening peak traffic, Moseley Road, Portobello - Geograph - 3524179.jpg
Evening peak traffic, Moseley Road, Portobello At around half past five on a Wednesday afternoon, traffic queues along U99 Moseley Road from its junction with the A454 Willenhall Road.
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SGS204s and ZX3 lighting along the A454 in Willenhall.
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SGS204 lighting along the A454 in Willenhall.
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Urbis deep-bowl ZX2s on 1960s columns I believe. Willenhall, Staffordshire.
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Willenhall, Staffordshire. Unusual brackets bent upwards. The lanterns are Urbis deep-bowl ZX3s.
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Willenhall town centre. Old 1960s columns with Urbis ZX2 lanterns.
IMG 5248.JPG Casual Sodium Replacement.jpg
New street light column, casual replacement in Willenhall, Staffordshire. Its not often you see new sodium lanterns used for street lighting replacements anymore. Interesting as well how they've used the same bracket from the previous installation.
IMG 5250.JPG Short Heath Willenhall.jpg
A mix of different lanterns seen here. Thorn Riviera, WRTL Vectra, and Urbis ZX3. This is around Short Heath and Lane Head, near Willenhall, Staffordshire.
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Coppice Farm Way, New Invention, near Willenhall. The street lights here have Thorn Riviera lanterns, very similar to the Thorn Alpha 2000. Along with the Urbis ZX2, this lantern is very common all over the district borough of Walsall.
Brand new Philips Iridium lantern and column.jpg
Just heading out of New Invention, along the A462, main road from Willenhall to Cannock. This is a fairly new column with a Philips Iridium lantern. It was only installed a few months ago.
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Deep-bowl Urbis ZX2 on 10 metre column. Neachells Ln, Wolverhampton.
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A462 Cannock Road, New Invention.
IMG 6673.JPG October 2018 WRTL MRL6s Bilston.jpg
WRTL MRL6 and Urbis ZX2 lanterns between Bilston and Willenhall, from October 2018.
Lane Head Bridge - Geograph - 475907.jpg
Lane Head Bridge Water lily flowering undisturbed on the Wyrley and Essington Canal at Lane Head.
Lane Head Bridge, Wyrley and Essington Canal - Geograph - 4903311.jpg
Lane Head Bridge, Wyrley and Essington Canal A rather weak rainbow forms an arch over the bridge that carries the A462 over the canal. Through the bridge a narrowboat can be seen, moored outside the United Kingdom Inn.
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Old Lane Head bridge Lane Head bridge before replacement with a more modern wider bridge.
 

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