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Penn Road Island

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Penn Road Island
Location Map ( geo)
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Location
Wolverhampton
County
Staffordshire
Highway Authority
Wolverhampton
Junction Type
Roundabout
Roads Joined
A449 • A4150
Junctions related to the A4150
The junction location in 1960
The roundabout as shown on the 1967 One Inch map. Note the A4150 is shown as unclassified to either side.
On the 1972 edition, the A4150 is shown correctly

Penn Road Island is a junction at the southwestern corner of the Wolverhampton Inner Ring Road, and is the primary access route into the city centre from A449 and Kidderminster, as well as access to M5 via junctions 4 and 6.

It was the earliest roundabout junction constructed on the Inner Ring Road, and has provision for grade-separation for traffic along A4150. The sunken area in the centre of the roundabout is used both as a pedestrian crossing, and contains formal gardens and a skate park.

The junction was the subject of a £2m improvement in 2010, which has seen changes to the direct access from A4150 westbound to A449 southbound. Further improvements, including the removal of the skate park, are planned.

Routes

Route To Notes

A449

Kidderminster, Penn, Wombourne, Stourbridge (A491)

A4150

Ring Road, M54,M6(N), Whitchurch, Telford (A41), Stafford (A449), Civic Buildings

A4150

Ring Road, M5,M6(S), Birmingham, Dudley (A4123), Walsall (A454), West Bromwich (A41), Station, Hospital
City Centre, Markets




Penn Road Island
Related Pictures
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Wolverhampton IRR at Penn Road. - Coppermine - 1894.jpg912592 7d2a1391-by-Gordon-Griffiths.jpgA4150 - 6.jpgA4150 - 8.jpgWolverhampton IRR approaching Penn Road Island (or Roundabout, for everyone else!) - Coppermine - 1895.jpg
Other nearby junctions
Wolverhampton
Anson Junction • Battlefield Roundabout (Wolverhampton) • Bentley Bridge Island • Bentley Interchange • Bentley Junction • Bilston Street Island • Bowmans Harbour Island • Broad Street Junction • Bull Ring (Sedgley) • Bull Ring (Willenhall) • Bull Stake • Bushbury Island • Chapel Ash Island • Coseley Road Island • Coven Heath Interchange • Coven Roundabouts • Elephant and Castle (Wolverhampton) • Essington Interchange • Featherstone Interchange • Fighting Cocks • Five Ways (Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton) • Five Ways (Merry Hill, Wolverhampton) • Five Ways (Wolverhampton City Centre) • Five Ways (Wolverhampton) • Fordhouses Roundabout • Four Ashes Junction • Fox Crossroads • Gailey Interchange • Gailey Island • Goodyear Island • Horseley Fields Junction • Keyway Junction • Laney Green Interchange • Leicester Square (Wolverhampton) • Lloyd Hill Roundabout • Merrills Hall Island • Midland Counties Dairy • Moxley Junction • Neachells Lane Island • New Cross Junction • New Invention Island • Oxford Street Island • Pickmere Roundabout • Portobello Island • Princes Square • Queen Square (Wolverhampton) • Saredon Interchange • Short Heath Interchange • Snow Hill Junction (Wolverhampton) • Spring Vale Island • St Peters Square • Stafford Place • Stafford Street Junction • Standeford Crossroads • The Dale • The Lunt Junction • Scotlands Island • Three Tuns Junction • Tong Interchange • Victoria Square • Vine Island Junction • Vulcan Road Island • Waterloo Road Junction • Western Way Interchange • Wood End Island
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Coldra • Abernant • Usk • Raglan • Wilton Roundabout • Over Ross Roundabout • Travellers Rest • Preston Cross Roundabout • Powick Roundabout • Warndon • Wodehouse Roundabout • Lloyd Hill Roundabout • Midland Counties Dairy • Penn Road Island • Waterloo Road Junction • Stafford Street Junction • Elephant & Castle • Five Ways • Goodyear Island • Three Tuns • Vine Island • Fordhouses Roundabout • Coven Heath • Coven Roundabouts • Standeford Crossroads • Four Ashes Junction • Gailey Island • Dunston


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