New Town Row
New Town Row | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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Location | |||
New Town Row | |||
County | |||
Warwickshire | |||
Highway Authority | |||
Birmingham | |||
Junction Type | |||
Crossroads | |||
Roads Joined | |||
A34, A4540 | |||
New Town Row is a signalised junction connecting the A34 and the A4540, otherwise known as the Middle Ring Road in Birmingham. It is numbered junction 12 of the Middle Ring.
History
The junction was originally a normal crossroads where the A34 crosses New John Street West. In the mid-20th century there were plans for a middle ring road along the line of New John Street West. A three level junction was initially planned but this was changed to a two level junction by the late 1960s, see map (left).
Work soon started on dualling the A34 and A4540 east of the junction. However the planned grade separation never happened and to this day the junction remains a crossroads. The A4540 to the west was dualled c1990 although by this date the idea of building the flyover had long died.
Routes
Route | To | Notes |
(M6,M5), Walsall, Perry Bar, Newtown, University of Central England | ||
Ring road, (M5), West Bromwich (A41), Kidderminster, Dudley (A456) | ||
Ring road, (A38(M), M6), Coventry, Wolverhampton, B'ham Airport/NEC (A45), Bromsgrove (A38), Sutton Coldfield (A5127) | ||
City centre & Bull Ring Parking, Children's Hospital | road number not on signs |