A461 road

The A461 is a main road in Great Britain that links Lichfield in Staffordshire, with Stourbridge, West Midlands, passing through Walsall & Dudley.

Places along the route

* Lichfield
* Walsall
* M6 motorway (Junction 9)
* Wednesbury
* Tipton
* Great Bridge
* Dudley
* Brierley Hill
* Stourbridge

History

The route was altered in 1995 on the completion of the Black Country Spine Road. It was swallowed up into the A41 at Great Bridge and re-emerged a mile or so north at Wednesbury before continuing the remainder of the route unchanged. The "old" section of the A461 became part of the B4517 and the A4037, while a section of it became unclassified.

Dudley Bypass

In 1999 the route suffered another alteration, this time around Dudley. It was diverted along the new bypass. The old section of A461 became A4101 and A459