Route
Halesowen–Dudley
The road begins at a roundabout south ofDudley–Wolverhampton
Entering intoFormer Sections
Previously the A459 continued to Wolverhampton Ring Road (and is still shown as such on some maps) but road signs in the area indicate this to no longer be the case. Until the 1980s the A459 continued to Five Ways terminating on the A449 and running via Snow Hill, Garrick Street, Princess Street and Stafford Street. Until the late 1960s the A459 ran down Snow Hill and Dudley Street ending in Queen Square. Under the 1922 classification system, the A459 ended on the A456 (now A458) in Halesowen with the road on the opposite side being the B4096. However the A459 was soon extended over that route to end on the A38 in Marlbrook. At some point the road was rerouted along Grange Road rather than the original narrow road. The opening of the M5 saw the A459 downgraded once again with the section south of Manor Way (the Halesowen bypass) being downgraded to the B4451 and the rest part of the rerouted A38. Roads in England