49-653: The A453 road was formerly the main trunk road connecting the English cities of Nottingham and Birmingham . However, the middle section of this mainly single-carriageway road has largely been downgraded to B roads or unclassified roads following the construction of the parallel M42 - A42 link around 1990. The M42 was originally meant to pass further north than it does, and to join the M1 at Sandiacre in Derbyshire . The M42/A42 does not enter Derbyshire, but instead joins
98-524: A " T ". Connecting roads were classified as 'link roads", and had route numbers prefixed by an " L ". Many of these roads had their origins in historic routes , including turnpike roads . Although a number of old road signs using these route designations may still be encountered, Ireland has adopted a newer classification scheme of national primary and national secondary routes ("N" roads), regional roads , and local roads . "N" roads remain equivalent to trunk roads in that they are planned and managed at
147-559: A dual-carriageway section between the M1 and the Crusader Public House island (near Clifton) to ease traffic congestion. Draft Orders and an Environmental Statement for the scheme were published on 29 January 2009, with the forecast cost rising to £168m. Construction would have started in 2010, with the road open to traffic in 2012/13. However, due to national fiscal constraints, the project was postponed in May 2010. In March 2012,
196-714: A former unclassified road (Green Street) to Clifton. There are two left turns for Barton in Fabis . The road ascends the top of Brands Hill and Mill Hill, where it enters the City of Nottingham as Barton Lane. A new roundabout gives access to the Clifton South Park & Ride site that is linked to central Nottingham by the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) tramway . The road then meets Nottingham Road from Gotham (the former main road to Kegworth,
245-517: A full network map of trunk roads and motorways in England. Most interurban trunk roads are primary routes , the category of roads recommended for long distance and freight transport. Not all primary routes are trunk roads, the difference being that maintenance of trunk roads is paid for by national government bodies rather than the local councils in whose area they lie. Primary routes are identified by their direction signs, which feature white text on
294-630: A green background with route numbers in yellow. Trunk roads, like other "A" roads, can be either single- or dual-carriageway. Historically, trunk roads were listed on maps with a "T" in brackets after their number, to distinguish them from non-trunk parts of the same road, however this suffix is no longer included on current Ordnance Survey maps, which simply distinguish between primary and non-primary "A" roads. A trunk road which has been upgraded to motorway standards may retain its original "A" number, but with an "M" in brackets to denote that motorway regulations apply on it. Long distance examples of this are
343-531: A new section of road when the airfield was extended from the former RAF Castle Donington in the mid-1960s. Continuing as Ashby Road, there is a roundabout for the Pegasus Business Park, home of Central Networks East (former East Midlands Electricity , owned by PPL Corporation since April 2011. This section also serves several large hotels associated with the airport. The A453 becomes trunk road again just north of M1 junction 23A where it joins
392-523: A non-trunk road. This route was formerly the A447, and continued southwards to Swannington , its present terminus. The A447 also went through Tonge . It meets the former route of the A453 at a T junction, which it follows for one mile. It passes through Isley Walton ( Isley cum Langley ) as Walton Hill. The Donington Park motor circuit is close to the north and there is a left turn for Castle Donington , which
441-522: A number of measures to upgrade the road including traffic lights, speed limit reduction, village gateway treatment, central islands and improved pedestrian facilities . These resulted in a reduction in fatal and serious collisions from eight in 2001–3 to one in 2004–6. As of March 2015 the dual carriageway section between the M1 J24 and the Clifton park & ride is known as "Remembrance Way" in honour of
490-597: A plan of the route being detrunked. The routes to be detrunked (as set out in detrunking orders) are not always linear sections, but can be split into multiple sections, and span multiple counties. In England, the government has de-trunked much of the trunk road network since the late 1990s, transferring responsibility to local councils to allow National Highways to concentrate on a selection of core trunk routes, mostly dual carriageways and motorways. The most important roads in Sweden are labelled "national trunk road". In 1982,
539-1183: A separate system of highway and road traffic law. At that time, 4,500 miles (7,200 km) of British roads were classified as trunk roads. Additional roads have been "trunked", notably in the Trunk Roads Act 1946 ( 9 & 10 Geo. 6 . c. 30). Others, like virtually all British motorways, have entered the system as a result of new construction. As of 2004, Great Britain had 7,845 mi (12,625 km) of trunk roads, of which 2,161 mi (3,478 km) were motorways. Since 1994, trunk roads in England have been managed by National Highways (formerly Highways England, and before that, Highways Agency), while Scotland has had responsibility for its own trunk roads since 1998 ; these are currently managed by Transport Scotland , created in 2006. The Welsh Government has had responsibility for trunk roads in Wales since its establishment in 1998 . England has 4,300 miles (6,900 km), Scotland has 1,982 miles (3,190 km) and Wales has 1,048 miles (1,687 km) of trunk roads, inclusive of motorways. National Highways publishes
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#1732772000344588-541: A series of supply-side measures which the government was undertaking "to rebalance and strengthen the economy in the medium term". Parts of the A453 between the M1 and Clifton Bridge were due to be closed in July and August 2013, but work has been postponed until late August as it clashed with the closure of Nottingham railway station for major track and signalling replacement. These upgrade works were completed in June 2015 and
637-602: A special, slightly larger budget. However, they are not signed in any special way. Therefore, there is no difference in signage, numbering, road standard or map marking from other national roads. Some national roads are only considered trunk for part of their length. National Roads 73 and 75 are both built to motorway standard and have high traffic, but are not considered trunk. European routes are always trunk in Sweden, and are more visible with special numbering. In Ireland, major roads were previously classified under an old system as "trunk roads", and had route numbers prefixed by
686-645: A spur of the A42 at a roundabout on the parish boundary of Kegworth , which was built when the A42 opened. Later the Donington Park services were added in July 1999. It runs parallel to the motorway to M1 junction 24, to link to the motorway and the A50 road . On the opposite side of the M1 from Molehill Farm, on 8 January 1989, the Kegworth air disaster took place. There is a right turn (Ashby Road) for Kegworth, which
735-598: Is a Park and Ride to the south, the Queen's Drive Retail Park to the north, and the Pork Farms factory is to the left. The road leaves the side of the River Trent, and heads north, where it widens and passes Landmark House of Experian , to the left, at the junction of Enterprise Way (former King's Meadow Road, for Castle Marina Park, the headquarters of Speedo International Limited and the ng2 business park ). There
784-670: Is a left turn for Castle Bridge Road and the Castle Marina Retail Park), and it passes the Riverside Retail Park on the left. The road widens again, and at traffic lights Waterway Street West (A6019) leaves to the right, which is the direction for through-traffic. The road ahead, the terminus of the A453, crosses the railway line, then the Nottingham Canal , passing HMRC on the left, and meets Castle Boulevard (the former A453, now A6005) next to
833-642: Is now unclassified south of the A50, north of the A50 it is the B6540, and from Long Eaton to Nottingham is part of the A6005 . The only part of the section between Tamworth and the M1 now designated as the A453 is a short new link west from the limited-access A42 junction 14] to the old route in North West Leicestershire . From the A42, the downgraded section of the proposed M42, it follows Moor Lane as
882-715: Is sometimes used more generically to refer to other categories of major highway. In the United Kingdom, trunk roads were first defined for Great Britain in the Trunk Roads Act 1936 ( 1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6 . c. 5). Thirty major roads were classed as trunk roads, and the Minister of Transport took direct control of them and the bridges across them. The Trunk Roads Act came into force in England and Wales on 1 April 1937, and in Scotland on 16 May 1937. This development did not extend to Northern Ireland , which has always had
931-408: Is the continuation of the former B road route across the airfield. This section of the A453 from junction 24 of the M1 to the airport was opened as the £250,000 Kegworth Link Road on 3 September 1975 by a local county councillor, Mrs Kathleen Wildsmith. The road was built by Galliford and Sons . Previously traffic went straight through Kegworth. There are plans to bypass Kegworth from the south, to join
980-421: Is the former route. The road is dual carriageway for a short section and meets a roundabout. The route follows the southern edge of East Midlands Airport , along the former B5400 to Charnock Hill. There are two right turns for Diseworth , and at Long Whatton and Diseworth it leaves the former B road (which would have passed through one of the terminal buildings, across the airfield, to Kegworth), and continues on
1029-552: The 453 British servicemen and women who at that time had lost their lives in Afghanistan . 52°48′03″N 1°22′16″W / 52.80089°N 1.37106°W / 52.80089; -1.37106 Trunk road A trunk road is a major highway with a specific legal classification in some jurisdictions, notably the United Kingdom , Sweden and formerly Ireland . Trunk roads are planned and managed at
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#17327720003441078-622: The A1(M) in England, and the A74(M) in Scotland. It is possible for roads to be "de-trunked" – for example, when superseded by a motorway following a similar route – in which case they normally become ordinary "A" roads . When a road is de-trunked, signposts are often replaced, and sometimes route numbers are changed, making the original route of the road harder to follow. Roads are formally and legally detrunked by statutory instruments named 'Detrunking (or sometimes De-Trunking ) Orders' which include
1127-555: The Tame Valley Canal , and there is a left turn for the dual-carriageway Kingstanding Road (B4138) in Perry, the former Roman road Ryknild Street . In Upper Witton there is a roundabout and Perry Barr fire station is on the left next to Perry Common library, with The College High School on the right, and there are a crossroads and roundabout, with left turns for Kingstanding , and the road passes through Perry Common . On
1176-716: The national highways and expressways in India . The term "trunk road" sometimes appears in the names of specific routes, most famously the Grand Trunk Road . In Canada, core national routes are part of the National Highway System , which receive some funding and strategic planning from the federal government, but are managed by the provinces. In China, major national roads are part of China National Highways and Expressways of China . Bassetts Pole Too Many Requests If you report this error to
1225-639: The national roads network in Poland are similar models of nationally planned and managed major highways. In the United States, the U.S. Highway and Interstate Highway systems fulfil a similar role to trunk roads. However, individual states are responsible for actual highway construction and maintenance, even though the federal government helps fund these activities. The states of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin designate their highways as "state trunklines" or "(state) trunk highways". In India they are
1274-613: The (late 1960s) £222,000 section, the Link road from Ratcliffe Power Station to M1. This became the A648 when completed in 1970, extending along the present B679 to West Bridgford , then the A453 in 1978, when it was diverted from its Long Eaton route. Between 1922 and 1953 the A648 was the road from Brighouse to Denholme , now the A644. At Ratcliffe-on-Soar it crosses the River Soar , where
1323-554: The A453 continued along Bonehill Road then across Lady Bridge and along Aldergate in Tamworth town centre. The downgraded former middle section continued through Tamworth and Ashby-de-la-Zouch to the M1 motorway . Prior to the construction of the M42 the road was north of its current route, running through Castle Donington , Long Eaton and Beeston . The section through Castle Donington
1372-499: The A453 roundabout at the Donington Park services roundabout. The A453 then continues as a trunk road from the M1 for the remaining 11 miles (18 km) to Nottingham, with most of its traffic originating from the A50, and the rest from the A42. This section of the road follows the route of the former B679. A new section of road was built from junction 24 of the M1 to Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station (which opened in 1968), as
1421-659: The A453 was moved to the west, to meet at the Bassetts Pole roundabout. This was not only the meeting point of the Birmingham to Nottingham road, and the A38 (former A446), but is also the meeting point of Warwickshire , Staffordshire and the former West Midlands county. At the roundabout is the Bassetts Pole Harvester , and a McDonald's . As a dual-carriageway trunk road at Carroway Head , it meets
1470-697: The A6019 (now a shorter road next to the railway station), and took a course slightly to the east. The road was dualled in the late 1970s. To the left, on the side of the Trent , is the Restaurant Sat Bains , one of only two Michelin-starred restaurants in Nottingham. The Trent Valley Way crosses at the bridge. The main road previously into Nottingham from the south was the B680 (Queens Walk). There
1519-701: The B4151 from the left (for Roughley ), and becomes the parish boundary between Hints and Drayton Bassett , and a single carriageway, as Sutton Road . It is only a trunk road for 3 miles (4.8 km) until it meets the A5 , after crossing the Heart of England Way , Bourne Brook and the former A5, now the B5404, at Mile Oak, Fazeley . As the non-trunk Bonehill Road it crosses the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal , where it enters
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1568-514: The B679) at a roundabout, with the Crusader (former Hungry Horse and before that, Hardy & Hanson's pub) on the left. It passes the site of the now demolished (March 2012) Man of Trent on the right. It passes Clifton police station on the right, then the Clifton campus of Nottingham Trent University on the left, as Clifton Lane. The road here became a dual carriageway in the early 1970s when
1617-698: The Clifton Bridge was dualled, with an exit for the B679 (the former route), for West Bridgford , and meets the A52 at an interchange. The interchange was built when the bridge was dualled in 1972. It crosses the Trent concurrently with the A52, then exits to the east as Queens Drive where it is no longer a trunk road. This section of road opened as the B679 when the first Clifton Bridge was opened in May 1958. It later became
1666-682: The M1 closer to the A453 junction at Kegworth . The A42 shadows the former A453 from Appleby Magna to Castle Donington . The road historically connected the East Midlands with the West Midlands . The southern stretch of the existing A453 runs as a non-trunk route from the A34 in north Birmingham under the M6 motorway to the A452 road , and on through Sutton Coldfield . Historically this section
1715-524: The Secretaries of State for Transport and Communities and Local Government approved the proposals with some minor modifications. Work was expected to start in early 2013 and, in January 2013, a Highways Agency press release confirmed that work had begun. The 2011 Autumn Statement announced planned investment of £160m in widening the road between Nottingham, the M1 and East Midlands Airport, one of
1764-702: The Tamworth Odeon . It continues northwards as Saxondrive, an inner ring road for Tamworth, with a roundabout for Tamworth railway station then continues westwards as Offadrive to meet its former route through Tamworth (partly the B5493), where it meets the A513 near the bridge over the West Coast Main Line . King Offa was the King of Mercia , a Saxon kingdom , with its capital as Tamworth. Previously
1813-631: The district of Tamworth . It meets the A51 at a large roundabout, and continues as the dual-carriageway Riverdrive, concurrent with the A51, meeting the A4091 (for Drayton Manor Theme Park ) to the south, then crosses the River Tame . The A51 leaves to the south at a large roundabout-shaped junction, partly Ankerdrive and Bolebridge Street, known as The Egg which straddles the River Anker , and passes
1862-578: The former Nottingham Post building. As of 2007 the section between the M1 motorway and Nottingham city centre required a major upgrade as it could no longer cope with the volumes of traffic that used it. From the morning peak until around 1100am, the traffic could often back up from the Nottingham Trent University Clifton campus right the way back to the Ratcliffe on Soar power station adding around 10 to 15 minutes to
1911-476: The journey time along this route. The problems are worse in term time where the light controlled pedestrian crossing at the university can stop traffic so often that the long tailbacks described are caused. There is a marked difference to the levels of traffic on this section outside term time. In March 2006 the Highways Agency announced plans for a £90m upgrade to this road including the construction of
1960-608: The left. Near St Peter's Church in Maney and the Horse and Jockey pub it runs concurrently with the A5127 through the town centre of Sutton Coldfield, splitting in two one-way sections at a roundabout, and passing Sutton Coldfield railway station . It passes over and under two railway lines, then passes the police and fire station, with Birmingham Metropolitan College (former Sutton Coldfield College) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School on
2009-570: The national level by the National Roads Authority . Some former trunk roads, or sections of former trunk roads, became non-trunk regional roads under the new road numbering system introduced in the 1970s and 1980s. More recently, sections of former national primary routes which have been bypassed by motorways or other road improvement schemes have been downgraded to regional road status. The route nationale system in France and
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2058-417: The national-level, distinguishing them from non-trunk roads which are managed by local authorities. Trunk roads are important routes usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports and other places, which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic . Many trunk roads have segregated lanes in a dual carriageway , or are of motorway standard. The term trunk road, or trunk highway ,
2107-493: The parliament decided upon which roads were to become national trunk roads. They are considered recommended main roads for long-distance traffic. They were also supposed to be used for movement and transport of heavy military vehicles, ordnance and logistics and during wartime were to be guarded and defended at all odds. National trunk roads are planned and managed by the national Swedish Transport Administration , as opposed to other roads, which are planned locally. They also have
2156-410: The right is St Mary's College, Oscott , a Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham , and the road meets Chester Road (A452) at a crossroads. In Boldmere the road continues after the crossroads as College Road, but becomes Jockey Road where the B4149 meets from the left at a roundabout at New Oscott . It crosses the Cross-City Line with Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls on
2205-409: The right. The original route of the A453 separates from the A5127 at the Tamworth Road junction at Doe Bank , passing under the Cross-City Line . It passes a crossroads, with Moorhall Golf Club to the left, and Whitehouse Common Road (B4148) to the right. It crosses the M6 Toll , then Collets Brook, where it enters Staffordshire , and the district of Lichfield at Hints . When the A38 was dualled,
2254-412: The road enters Nottinghamshire and the district of Rushcliffe . It crosses the Midland Main Line , and there is a left turn for East Midlands Parkway railway station , which opened in January 2009. The railway from here to Nottingham railway station directly shadows the A453, to the north. There is a left turn for the power station, owned by E.ON UK , and Thrumpton . After Thrumpton the road follows
2303-410: The road is now two lane dual carriageway from the M1 to the junction for the Clifton park and ride and then four lane single carriageway through the suburb of Clifton to where the road meets the A52. In 1989, British Midlands plane crashed between the M1 and A453, killing 47 people. It was going to land at the East Midlands Airport , located only a few metres away. No vehicles were destroyed but some of
2352-412: The street lights were damaged. In June 2008 the Road Safety Foundation announced that a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) single carriageway stretch of the A453 between the A38 and Tamworth was the most improved road for fatal and serious injury accidents. With an 88% reduction in crashes resulting in death and disabling injuries was rated as Green by the Foundation. Staffordshire County Council have undertaken
2401-411: Was classified as the B4139 and was upgraded in 1935. It starts at the point where the A34 crosses the Chase Line at Perry Barr railway station . On the right hand side is Birmingham City University and the road passes through Witton . As Aldridge Road it becomes a dual carriageway and crosses the River Tame . To the left is Perry Park , and it passes under the M6, becoming College Road . It crosses
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