Birmingham Inner Ring Road

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The Birmingham Inner Ring Road is a major orbital route encircling Birmingham city centre, designed to manage through-traffic and connect key radial roads around the urban core.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road in Birmingham
urban ring road
adjacentTo Bullring area
Colmore Row business district
linked to: Colmore Row

Jewellery Quarter (northern edge)
Southside district
connectsTo A34 road NERFINISHED
A38 road NERFINISHED
A38(M) Aston Expressway
A41 road NERFINISHED
A45 road NERFINISHED
A4540 Middleway
A47 road NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
designPeriod post-war era
encircles Birmingham city centre
hasJunctionWith Bristol Road NERFINISHED
Holloway Head
Smallbrook Queensway
Snow Hill Queensway
hasNickname Concrete collar
hasPart Great Charles Street Queensway
Holloway Circus
James Watt Queensway
Masshouse Circus (former junction)
linked to: Holloway Circus

Moor Street Queensway
linked to: Moor Street

Paradise Circus
Queensway NERFINISHED
St Chads Circus (former junction)
linked to: Holloway Circus

St Chad’s Queensway
hasSpeedLimit urban speed limits (typically 30–40 mph)
influencedBy 1960s urban motorway planning
locatedIn Birmingham
England
West Midlands
maintainedBy Birmingham City Council
notableFeature elevated sections
grade-separated junctions (original design)
purpose to connect key radial routes into Birmingham
to manage through-traffic around Birmingham city centre
roadNetworkRole part of Birmingham’s primary route network
roadType dual carriageway (in large parts)
surrounds Birmingham central business district
trafficRole orbital distributor road
transportMode motor vehicle traffic
underwent partial demolition and downgrading of sections
urbanPlanningImpact formed a physical barrier around Birmingham city centre

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Smallbrook Queensway partOf Birmingham Inner Ring Road
St Chads tram stop locatedOn A4540 (Birmingham Ring Road)
linked to: Birmingham Inner Ring Road
Ringway Centre partOf Inner Ring Road scheme in Birmingham
linked to: Birmingham Inner Ring Road