Stourbridge
Stourbridge | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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County | |||
Worcestershire | |||
Highway Authority | |||
Dudley | |||
Forward Destination on | |||
A458, A491 | |||
Next Primary Destinations | |||
Birmingham • Bromsgrove • Bridgnorth • Wolverhampton | |||
Other Nearby Primary Destinations | |||
Dudley • Kidderminster | |||
Places related to the A458 | |||
Places related to the A491 | |||
Stourbridge is a town located at the south-western corner of the Black Country, at the northern edge of historic Worcestershire. It is 12 miles south of Wolverhampton, and 15 miles west of Birmingham.
Its road network is maintained by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The most well-known feature of the town's road network is the one-way Ring Road that tightly circumnavigates the town centre, and is part of the A491.
Stourbridge Ring Road
Phase 1: The North-eastern link between High Street (in the north) and the existing St John's Road (after Coventry Street) was opened on 13 November 1968. It initially opened as a two way traffic road. Stour Bridge on High Street was also widened.
Phase 2: The improvement of New Road and its junctions.
Phase 3: The western section, a northern extension of Bath Road from Bell Street, was due to open on 26 August 1969. The official opening was on 1 November 1969 by Lord Cobham. It completed the Ring Road, bar for the final surfacing, and it enabled the whole of the Ring Road to be one way in a clockwise direction. Contractor was Droitwich Construction Ltd, cost £1.1 million and its road number was A491. St John's Road and New Road had still to be widened to three lanes and was planned for 3 or 4 years time. Phase 2 had been the improvement of New Road and its junctions.
Routes
Route | To | Notes |
Birmingham | Birmingham is reached via A456 | |
Bridgnorth | ||
Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton is reached via A449 | |
Bromsgrove, (M5) | Bromsgrove is reached via A38 | |
Kidderminster | ||
Dudley | A461 runs north of Stourbridge town centre. | |
Lye | B4186 runs south of Stourbridge town centre. | |
Wolverhampton | ||
Bromsgrove |
Videos
Driving round Stourbridge Ring Road when it first opened
This is the final section of the video footage from 1969, driving round the ring road when it first opened. some parts look much the same as they do today but it is interesting to see some of the old buildings that have long gone, and the cars!