The M54 is a 23-mile (37 km) east-west motorway in the counties of
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
and
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, England. It is also referred to as the Telford motorway, after the road's primary westbound destination, the town of
Telford
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an est ...
.
It cost £65 million to construct, and is two-lane
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
for the majority of its length, with sections of three-lane.
The M54
spur
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connects the
M6 motorway
The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 and the western end of the A14 at ...
near
Essington
Essington is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire, England, located near the city of Wolverhampton and towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Cannock and Brewood. The villages of Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Coven, Penkridge and Featherston ...
, Staffordshire with the
A5 trunk road at
Wellington, Shropshire
Wellington is a market town in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6 km) northwest of central Telford and 12 miles (19 km) east of Shrewsbury. The summit of The Wrekin lies 3 miles southwest of the town.
The ...
.
The motorway forms part of the strategic route to
North Wales
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, roughly following the path of the Roman
Watling Street
Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main R ...
and the
A5 north-westwards, towards the port of
Holyhead
Holyhead (,; cy, Caergybi , "Cybi's fort") is the largest town and a community in the county of Isle of Anglesey, Wales, with a population of 13,659 at the 2011 census. Holyhead is on Holy Island, bounded by the Irish Sea to the north, and is ...
. It is the only motorway in Shropshire, and forms a vital part of the county's road network.
In 2007, the motorway handled an
annual average daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a y ...
of between 50,300 (J2–3) and 41,800 (J4–5) vehicles.
History
Planning
The idea of the M54 was originally presented due to the high volumes of traffic on the
A5, London to
Holyhead
Holyhead (,; cy, Caergybi , "Cybi's fort") is the largest town and a community in the county of Isle of Anglesey, Wales, with a population of 13,659 at the 2011 census. Holyhead is on Holy Island, bounded by the Irish Sea to the north, and is ...
road which was largely constructed by civil engineer
Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotla ...
in the early 19th century following the route of the
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
Watling Street
Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main R ...
, which connected
Rochester, Kent
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with
Wroxeter
Wroxeter is a village in Shropshire, England, which forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, beside the River Severn, south-east of Shrewsbury.
''Viroconium Cornoviorum'', the fourth largest city in Roman Britain, was sited ...
, Shropshire. The initial plan for a motorway following the M54's present route was therefore designed to alleviate the roads which handled the commercial traffic to the port of Holyhead, destined for Ireland.
With the proposal in the early 1960s for a
new town
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New or NEW may refer to:
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* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
to provide an overspill housing area for the
West Midlands conurbation
The West Midlands conurbation is the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the towns of Sutton Coldfield, Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Solihull, Stourbridge and Halesowen in the English West Midlands ...
, then named ''Dawley New Town'' (designated as
Telford
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an est ...
in 1967), the M54 was becoming more likely to be built; the government also wanted to increase transport provision to the rest of
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
.
![Rebuilding M54 - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Rebuilding_M54_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315486.jpg)
In 1967 the
Ministry of Transport
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...
invited construction company ''Freeman Fox, Wilbur Smith Associates (FFWSA)'' to investigate and report on the impact of the New Town proposals on traffic demand between the proposed New Town site and
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...
, and the best highway solution to meet this demand. The predicted demand was that of 75,000 vehicles per day by 1990 and a need for a dual 3-lane motorway. Two corridors were identified for a possible new motorway route, and a third option to possibly upgrade existing roads. The route could have followed the A5 Corridor to the
M6 South of
Gailey, at junction 12, or a new corridor could have been established to the M6, north-east of
Featherstone
Featherstone is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 ...
, at junction 11. Additionally, it was proposed that the existing A5 could be upgraded to full
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
grade separated
In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other tra ...
standards together with improvements to the
A41 and
A464 trunk routes.
The Wellington bypass
The first section of the M54 was opened in 1975, then named the A5
Wellington
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bypass (bypassing one of the existing towns which formed part of Telford), but renumbered the M54 in 1983 when the motorway was extended. The bypass removed traffic from the heavily congested route through the urbanised areas of
Oakengates
Oakengates is a constituent town and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The towns parish population was recorded as 8,517 in the 2001 census.
Etymology
The name is not derived from "oak" or "gates" but is derived from the ...
and Wellington, and removed one of the country's most notorious bottlenecks at the Bucks Head crossroads, in Wellington; delays of up to six hours could be experienced in the summer months.
Construction
![M54Motorway1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/M54Motorway1.jpg)
The Wellington bypass was constructed by contractor ''M. J. Gleeson Ltd'', from 1973 to 1975. Many problems followed in the two years after completion; the rigid concrete carriageway broke up, due to the road being built on a poor
subbase
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with rigid concrete along a historically heavily mined route. The aesthetic and constructional design of the bridges was also heavily criticised. Over the next 15 years, almost all of the original carriageway had to be replaced with
asphalt
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.
The section between the junction with the M6, and Telford, excluding the Wellington bypass, was divided into four contracts each awarded to different companies; all sections remained under the design of ''Sir
Owen Williams and Partners''.
*Contract 1 (
Shifnal
Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of the county town of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of the city of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 mo ...
) was given to ''A Monk & Co.'', who utilised a
slip-form paver to construct the concrete section, which led to it becoming a standard in future motorway construction.
*Contract 2 (
Donington) was awarded to ''R M Douglas Construction Ltd.'' The two-year contract was completed in only 18 months, due to the dry weather which allowed the earthworks to be completed ahead of schedule.
*Contract 3 (
Codsall
Codsall is a large village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is situated 4.5 miles northwest of the city of Wolverhampton and 13 miles east-southeast of Telford. It forms part of the boundary of the Staffordshire ...
) was taken by ''
Alfred McAlpine
Alfred McAlpine plc was a British construction firm headquartered in Hooton, Cheshire. It was a major road builder, and constructed over 10% of Britain's motorways, including the M6 Toll (as part of the CAMBBA consortium). It was listed on the ...
& Son (Southern) Ltd.'', and was constructed almost identically to contract 1.
*Contract 4 (
Essington
Essington is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire, England, located near the city of Wolverhampton and towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Cannock and Brewood. The villages of Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Coven, Penkridge and Featherston ...
) was the largest contract, and was awarded to
Tarmac Construction (present day
Carillion
Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018.
Carillion was created in July 1999, following a ...
). This section took the longest to complete, and faced opposition from Staffordshire County Council who wanted disruption at the junction with the M6 to remain minimal.
The Forge junction at
Telford Town Centre
Telford Shopping Centre is a indoor shopping centre in Telford, Shropshire, England. It is located in the geographical and economic centre of the new town, on land which was previously undeveloped. The trustees of the shopping centre are regis ...
was awarded relatively late, to the company ''Norwest Holst''. The junction precipitated the construction of
Telford Shopping Centre
Telford Shopping Centre is a indoor shopping centre in Telford, Shropshire, England. It is located in the geographical and economic centre of the new town, on land which was previously undeveloped. The trustees of the shopping centre are regist ...
, and the central commercial area, as the exchange was upgraded to allow traffic from the motorway to join and exit in both directions.
The Forge to Cluddley section, from junction 5 to junction 7, opened to traffic in December 1975. The Hilton Park to Forge section, from the M6 to junction 5, opened in November 1983. The motorway cost 65 million pounds to build,
which when adjusted for inflation would come to approximately 150 million 2006
GBP
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.
To help alleviate opposition to the intrusive motorway design, the wide carriageway was built to pass below the natural landscape, where possible. Man-made hills were constructed which, along with the planting of 250,000 new trees, helped to camouflage the motorway from view, and cut down on the noise level. This aesthetic improvement project took two and a half years to complete and employed over 100 people.
Impact
The recent strong economic growth and lower unemployment in the Telford area has been attributed to the construction of the motorway: unemployment in the mid 1980s had been peaked at over 20%, but by 2004 this figure had fallen to 3.3%.
The motorway enabled the development of distribution centres in Telford, and industrial estates such as ''Hortonwood'' and ''Stafford Park'' have provided employment in the area.
Some of the highest pollution levels in the borough of Telford and Wrekin are along the M54, particularly in the urban area between junctions 5 and 7.
The M54 is particularly busy in mid-August: it carries traffic to the
V Festival at
Weston-under-Lizard
Weston-under-Lizard is a village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It constitutes a civil parish with Blymhill, called Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard. It is known as Weston-under-Lizard (the name of a hill in near ...
from the south (via the M6), and to the
Shrewsbury Flower Show from the east.
Route
![M54map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/M54map.jpg)
The road runs west from junction 10A of the M6 motorway near
Essington
Essington is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire, England, located near the city of Wolverhampton and towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Cannock and Brewood. The villages of Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Coven, Penkridge and Featherston ...
, Staffordshire
Map. It passes south of
Featherstone
Featherstone is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 ...
near junction 1 and then north of
Bushbury
Bushbury is a suburban village and ward in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. It lies two miles north-east of Wolverhampton city centre, divided between the Bushbury North and Bushbury South and Low Hill wards. Bushbury ...
before reaching junction 2. Just before junction 3 with
Albrighton the road enters Shropshire. It then passes to the north of
Shifnal
Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of the county town of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of the city of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 mo ...
. Between junction 4 and junction 5, the road passes across the
Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury railway line, and through the centre of
Telford
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an est ...
. Between junctions 6 and 7, the road runs around the south of Wellington before joining the A5
Map, which continues on to
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
as
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
.
Telford Motorway Service Station opened on 18 March 2003 at junction 4, and is operated by
Welcome Break
Welcome Break is a British motorway service station operator that operates 35 motorway service stations in the UK. It is the second-largest motorway service area operator behind Moto. It also operates hotels and motels. It is a subsidiary of ...
. It is the only service station on this motorway and, if travelling east, the last before
Corley
''Corley'' (and the associated hamlets of Corley Ash and Corley Moor) is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 668. It is located about northwest of Coven ...
on the
M6 or
Frankley
Frankley is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire. The modern Frankley estate is part of the New Frankley civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995. The parish has a population of 122.
History
Frankley is li ...
on the
M5.
Junction 2 was modified to accommodate the new
A4510 link road to the new i54 Business Park, built to the West of the junction.
Proposed developments
Extension of the M54 to Shrewsbury
In 2013, the
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...
(DfT) investigated the possibility of extending the M54 westward to
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
, thereby placing the county town on the UK motorway map for the first time. Traffic has to continue onto the
dual carriageway
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A5 when the M54 ends at
Wellington
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although the road surface or speed limits do not change at all, only the road classification.
The A5 is not motorway standard from the M54 J7 to the Shrewsbury ring road. Laybys would need to be removed and a hard shoulder would need to be built.
M54 to M6 / M6 (Toll) Link Road
The M54 currently meets the M6 at junction 10A where there is no access to the northbound M6 or to the
M6 Toll
The M6 Toll, referred to on signs as the Midland Expressway (originally named the Birmingham Northern Relief Road or BNRR), and stylised as M6toll, connects M6 Junction 3a at the Coleshill Interchange to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with ...
. Northbound access to the M6 is via the
A449
The A449 is a major road in the United Kingdom. It runs north from junction 24 of the M4 motorway at Newport in South Wales to Stafford in Staffordshire.
The southern section of the road, between Ross on Wye and Newport forms part of th ...
from junction 2 and the most direct route to the M6 Toll is via the congested
A460 from junction 1.
Plans for a link road between the M54 and the M6 Toll (M6 junction 11a) were supported in principle by the Secretary of State for Transport in 2003
and were put on display in 2006 with an expected construction date of 2012. The £102m cost for the scheme would be paid for by The Macquarie Infrastructure Group (the company that owns Midland Expressway Ltd and operates the M6 Toll).
As of 2021, work has not yet started but is expected to be complete in 2024-25.
Other proposals
In February 2009, local newspaper the
Shropshire Star
The ''Shropshire Star'' is reputedly the twelfth biggest-selling regional newspaper in the UK. It is based at Grosvenor House, Telford where it covers the whole of Shropshire plus parts of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Cheshire ...
reported plans to create a
flyover linking the M54 and
A442 in
Telford
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an est ...
town centre, just south east of
Telford Central railway station
Telford Central railway station serves the town of Telford, Shropshire, England. It is located on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line north west of Wolverhampton and is operated by West Midlands Trains. It is situated close to the Telford Shop ...
. Presently traffic has to travel along a
single carriageway
A single carriageway (British English) or Undivided highway (American English) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within a one carriageway with no central reservation to separate opposing flows of traffic. A single-track road has a s ...
portion of the A5, and pass through two roundabouts to access the M54. Since Junction 5 of the motorway is only from the current bridge across the A442, the plans would involve either having two motorway junctions immediately next to each other, or one complex flyover.
Proposals for a 'Western Bypasses of Wolverhampton and Stourbridge' were rejected by the government in 2003.
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Incidents
In April 2021 a lengthy fire at a plastics recycling plant resulted in days of closures to provide access for firefighters.
Junctions
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, rowspan="3" , Wolverhampton
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, – Wolverhampton
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, 17.9
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, – Wolverhampton
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, Whitchurch
,
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, rowspan="4" , Telford
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, – Telford
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an est ...
, Shifnal
Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of the county town of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of the city of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 mo ...
A4640 – Donnington
Telford Services
Telford Motorway Service Station was opened in 2004 off Junction 4 of the M54 Motorway, near the town of Telford, Shropshire, England. The services are located just to the east of Stafford Park Industrial Estate, and west of Shifnal.
It is the o ...
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, 17.7
, 28.5
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, – Cannock
Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverh ...
B5072 - Lawley
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, – Shrewsbury
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B5061 - Wellington
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,
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*Ceremonial Counties
;Coordinate list
See also
*List of motorways in the United Kingdom
This list of motorways in the United Kingdom is a complete list of motorways in the United Kingdom. Note that the numbering scheme used for Great Britain does not include roads in Northern Ireland, which are allocated numbers on an ad hoc basis ...
*i54
i54 South Staffordshire is a UK technology-based business park located at Junction 2 on the M54 Motorway in the West Midlands, on the boundary of South Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
i54 South Staffordshire is a £50 million joint ...
- new manufacturing centre adjacent to the M54 (which it is named after)
References
External links
CBRD Motorway Database – M54
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