A4123 road
The A4123, is a major road in the West Midlands of the UK linking Wolverhampton with Birmingham via Dudley, also known as the Birmingham New Road and Wolverhampton Road. It was one of the first major new roads constructed for use by motor traffic, and was designed as an unemployment relief project. It runs roughly northwest to southeast from the Wolverhampton Ring Road via Dudley to Harborne, west Birmingham.
Construction of the road began on 4 February 1924, and was built in individual sections. It provided jobs for at least 470 unemployed workers in surrounding areas including Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, West Bromwich, Smethwick and Oldbury. It was opened by the then Prince Of Wales on 2 November 1927.
The road has previously been a Trunk Road, but was detrunked on 13 November 2008.
National Express West Midlands services X8/8 and 126 serves the majority of the A4123 from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. Buses are supposed to run every 10 minutes during peak times.
