A4540 road

A4540 road shield

A4540 road
Route information
Length: 6.5 mi (10.5 km)
Major junctions
Orbital around Birmingham
  A457 A457 road
A41 A41 road
A34 A34 road
A38 A38 road
A47 A47 road
A45 A45 road
A41 A41 road
A34 A34 road
A435 A435 road
A441 A441 road
A38 A38 road
A456 A456 road
Road network

The A4540 is a Ring Road in Birmingham, England, also known as the Middle Ring Road, or the Middleway. There are proposals to make it a red route. It runs around the centre (St Philip's Cathedral) of the city at a distance of approximately 1 mile (1.6 km). Birmingham City Centre is the area within this ring road. The ring road was planned and designed by Herbert Manzoni. It is now simply known as the Ring Road due to the removal of the old Inner Ring Road.

Route

The A4540 covers the following route: –

Pedestrian facilities

All but four of the numbered A4540 junctions have signal-controlled pedestrian crossings of the ring road. Of the four, Dartmouth Circus, Ashted Circus and Five Ways have subways; Bordesley Circus has uncontrolled pedestrian crossings despite often heavy traffic. There are mostly lightly used pavements around the entire ring road, though several busy side roads joining the ring road have only uncontrolled crossings for pedestrians. Some parts of the pavement (and the three subways) are designated cycle paths, but much of the rest of the pavement is used by cyclists illegally to avoid the heavy traffic and frequent roundabouts on the ring road.

Coordinates

Location Coordinate
Northern point 52°29′39″N 1°54′31″W / 52.49417°N 1.90853°W / 52.49417; -1.90853
Eastern point 52°28′28″N 1°52′30″W / 52.47457°N 1.87497°W / 52.47457; -1.87497
Southern point 52°27′48″N 1°53′12″W / 52.46323°N 1.88656°W / 52.46323; -1.88656
Western point 52°28′43″N 1°55′36″W / 52.47849°N 1.92664°W / 52.47849; -1.92664

See also

External links

Coordinates: 52°28′44″N 1°53′56″W / 52.47902°N 1.89892°W / 52.47902; -1.89892


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