A441 road

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A441
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Looking north up the A441 Alvechurch Bypass from the roundabout at the junction of the A441 and B4120 roads between Alvechurch and Bordesley, Worcestershire, England.
Route information
Length20 mi (32 km)
Major junctions
North end Birmingham
Major intersectionsUK-Motorway-M42.svg M42 Junction 2
UK road A4540.svg A4540
UK road A4040.svg A4040
UK road A4023.svg A4023
UK road A448.svg A448
UK road A4189.svg A4189
UK road A442.svg A442
South end Cookhill
Location
Country United Kingdom
Primary
destinations
Redditch
Road network
UK road A439.svg A439 UK road A442.svg A442

A441 is an A-road in England which runs from central Birmingham to Cookhill, Worcestershire.

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Route

The A441 starts on the A4540 The Middleway in Birmingham as a non primary route, running largely parallel to the A38. It passes Calthorpe Park and the suburbs of Selly Park, Stirchley, Cotteridge, Kings Norton and West Heath before leaving the West Midlands and entering Worcestershire. The village of Alvechurch is bypassed to the East, connecting with the M42 at junction 2, [1] where there is a service station. [2] Upon entering Redditch the A441 follows new town dual carriageway roads built in the early to mid-1970s including a short concurrence with the A448 where it gains primary status. Heading Southwards out of Redditch the former road is rejoined and it passes through the village of Astwood Bank before finally terminating at a staggered junction with the A422 (although the A441 takes priority at the junction) South of Cookhill, just short of the Warwickshire border.

History

Once one of the main routes between Evesham, Redditch and Birmingham, the A441 has now largely been superseded by A435 which has been upgraded to the East. Redditch was designated a new town in 1964, with this came major realignments of the major routes, including the A441, rebuilt to dual carriageway standard through the town. When the M42 was built in 1982, a link road was built from the A441 at Hopwood to a new junction East of Alvechurch. This later formed part of the Alvechurch bypass when completed in the 1990s. The final section of the road between Cookhill and Dunnington was downgraded in 1995.

Former Routes

Bypasses and Realignments

  • Alvechurch (Bypassed in the 1990s)
  • Redditch (Realigned onto new roads when the New Town was built)

Downgrading

  • Cookhill – Dunnington. The A441 is now the B4088, it used to meet the A435 at Dunnington

 

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References

  1. "M42 J2 Hopwood Park Interchange". roads.org.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. "Hopwood Park – Motorway Service Stations". Welcome Break. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

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