New footbridge over the A45
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New footbridge over the A45
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 18 May 2022
Much of the bridge superstructure has been erected in the few weeks since I took Image from the opposite direction. It's being built as part of a scheme to improve traffic congestion around Junct 6 of the M42 just to the east. That scheme effectively involves a new 'link road' from the M42 a mile or so to the south of here, cutting generally northwards to join into the A45 at the existing Bickenhill interchange. The idea is to reduce congestion at the busy M42/A45 roundabout, by allowing traffic from the south to head directly into Birmingham. The village of Bickenhill will effectively become isolated in a triangle of motorways/dual carriageways, and presumably this footbridge is intended to reduce that isolation, if only slightly.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.44463
Longitude
-1.718509