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Halesowen
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Cradley Heath
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Dudley
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Wolverhampton
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The A459 is a main road in the
West Midlands
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Etymology
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of England, which runs from
Halesowen to
Wolverhampton City Centre. Is also a primary route connecting Wolverhampton and Dudley.
Route
Halesowen–Dudley
The road begins at a roundabout south of
Halesowen with the
A456
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and the B4551. It starts as ''Grange Road'' and passes Halesowen Cricket Club as it runs slightly east of the town centre. It then meets the
A458 and the road continues to run north of
Halesowen College meeting the A4099 in the village
Coombeswood. It then passes Haden Hill Parks and runs through
Cradley Heath where it meets the A4100 in the town centre.
As the road leaves
Cradley Heath Town Centre and begins to head north towards
Dudley and
Wolverhampton, it runs through the centre of
Netherton and meets the B4173. Finally, the road passes the northeast edge of the Saltwells Nature Reserve and runs into
Dudley Town Centre.
Dudley–Wolverhampton
Entering into
Dudley Town Centre, the road becomes concurrent with the
A461 at Blowers Green as ''Duncan Edwards Way'': the main dual-carriageway through the town. It then resumes heading north at a junction with the
A4037
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and meets the B4171 (the original route of the A461) as it passes The Churchill Shopping Centre. Then, the road passes Priory Park and
Dudley College
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, and also meets the A4168. It then begins to head towards
Sedgley as ''The Broadway'' and meets the B4588 on its way. The road then passes the villages Upper Gornal, Ruiton and Woodsetton before running through
Sedgley where it meets the A457 and A463. The road then passes Sedgley Park and enters into
Wolverhampton. It runs parallel to the
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passing Ettingshall Park and Phoenix Park before terminating at the junction with Grove Street, part of the A4123 Gyratory route created with the construction of Ring Road St. George's.
Former 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