The A4148 is an A-class road in the town of
Walsall,
West Midlands
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
,
England. It serves as the town's
ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
, as it encircles the town centre, and no road inside it has a number. Major junctions occur where it meets the
A34,
A454
The A454 is a major road in central England. It runs from Bridgnorth to Sutton Coldfield and is an important primary route linking Wolverhampton and Walsall with the M6 motorway.
Route
Starting from Bridgnorth, Shropshire, it runs eastwards, ...
and
A461.
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
Walsall Council, formerly Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council was created in 1974 to administer the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council was assessed by the Audit Commission in 2008 and judged to ...
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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