A441 road

A441
Looking north up the A441 Alvechurch Bypass from the roundabout at the junction of the A441 and B4120 roads betweenAlvechurchandBordesley, Worcestershire,England.
Route information
Length	20 mi (32 km)
Major junctions
North end	Birmingham
Major intersections	M42Junction 2 A4540 A4040 A4023 A448 A4189 A442
South end	Cookhill
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary destinations	Redditch
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
←A439 →A442

A441is anA-roadinEnglandwhich runs from centralBirminghamtoCookhill,Worcestershire.

Route

The A441 starts on theA4540 The Middlewayin Birmingham as a non primary route, running largely parallel to theA38.It passesCalthorpe Parkand the suburbs ofSelly Park,Stirchley,Cotteridge,Kings NortonandWest Heathbefore leaving theWest Midlandsand enteringWorcestershire.The village ofAlvechurchis bypassed to the East, connecting with theM42at junction 2,where there is a service station.Upon enteringRedditchthe A441 followsnew towndual carriageway roads built in the early to mid-1970s including a short concurrence with theA448where it gains primary status. Heading Southwards out of Redditch the former road is rejoined and it passes through the village ofAstwood Bankbefore finally terminating at a staggered junction with theA422(although the A441 takes priority at the junction) South ofCookhill,just short of theWarwickshireborder.

History

Once one of the main routes betweenEvesham,RedditchandBirmingham,the A441 has now largely been superseded byA435which has been upgraded to the East. Redditch was designated anew townin 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 atHopwoodto 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