The Egg (roundabout)

The Egg (roundabout)

The Egg is a magic roundabout in Tamworth, Staffordshire. The Egg forms the junction of the A51, A453 and A513 and terminates the B5000. It consists of the roads Ankerdrive and Bolebridge Street, and is listed as being part of the A51. The Egg has a cinema complex and restaurant in the centre, and has the River Anker running through it. The Snowdome and Tamworth FC also directly adjoin the junction. The Egg was voted the fourth worst roundabout in Britain in 2005. [http://www.easier.com/view/News/Motoring/article-33515.html]

Originally, traffic would traverse The Egg in a clockwise direction. The Highways Agency found this frustrated motorists and installed mini roundabouts at the junctions onto The Egg thus allowing both clockwise and anti clockwise movement of traffic. Further alterations came about with the junction to Tamworth Road and Glascote Road, where the slip road was closed off thus leaving a separate access for Tamworth Road, Amington and another for Glascote and Kettlebrook Roads.


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