A453 road
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The A453 road was formerly the main trunk road connecting the English cities of Nottingham and Birmingham. However, the middle section of this mainly single-carriageway road has largely been downgraded to B roads or unclassified roads following the construction of the parallel M42-A42 link.
The southern stretch of the existing A453 runs as a non-trunk route from the A34 in north Birmingham under the M6 motorway to the A452 road, and on through Sutton Coldfield to the junction with the A38 and A446. It then becomes a trunk road for the three miles to its current termination at the A5 west of Tamworth.
The downgraded former middle section continued through Tamworth and Ashby-de-la-Zouch to the M1 motorway. The only part of this section now designated as the A453 is a short new link west from the A42 junction 14 to the old route, and the stretch which runs past East Midlands Airport to the M1. The A453 becomes trunk road again just north of M1 junction 23a where it joins a spur of the A42 , and runs parallel to the motorway to M1 junction 24, to link to the motorway and the A50 road.
The A453 then continues as a trunk road from the M1 for the remaining 11 miles to Nottingham.
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A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain road numbering system |
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| A4 | A40 - A41 - A42 - A43 - A44 - A45 - A46 - A47 - A48 - A49 | |
| A403 - A406 - A413 - A414 - A417 - A418 - A419 | ||
| A420 - A421 - A422 - A425 - A426 - A427 - A428 - A429 - A435 - A441 - A442 - A445 - A449 | ||
| A452 - A453 - A454 - A456 - A458 - A461 - A465 - A470 - A472 - A478 - A482 - A483 - A487 - A488 | ||
| A494 - A497 - A498 - A499 | ||
| A4006 - A4012 - A4018 - A4025 - A4040 - A4042 | ||
| A4103 - A4117 - A4150 - A4133 - A4142 - A4146 - A4174 | ||
| A4202 - A4212 - A4260 - A4400 - A4536 - A4540 | ||
| List of A roads in Zone 4 | ||
