The A4148 is an A-class road in the town of
Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield.
Walsall is th ...
,
West Midlands,
England
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. It serves as the town's
ring road, as it encircles the town centre, and no road inside it has a number. Major junctions occur where it meets the
A34,
A454 and
A461
List of A roads in Great Britain, A roads in List of A roads zones in Great Britain, zone 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 road (Great Britain), A4 and south/west of the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 (roads beginning with 4).
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.
Rather than a purpose-built ring road, such as the nearby
A4150 Wolverhampton Inner Ring Road, the A4148 consists of existing streets marked as a ring road. Since 2006,
Walsall Council has implemented a number of roadwork projects in an attempt to improve traffic flow.
This included eliminating the large roundabout near the Arboretum which was replaced by traffic lights.
References
Roads in England
Transport in Walsall
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