A41 road (England)
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| Route information | |
| Existed: | 1922 – present |
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| South end: | London |
 M1 motorway  M25 motorway  / M40 motorway/A34 road  M42 motorway  M5 motorway  M54 motorway  A55 road  A550 road  M53 motorway |
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| North end: | Birkenhead |
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| Counties: | Greater London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, West Midlands, Shropshire, Cheshire, Merseyside |
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Primary destinations: |
London West End Brent Cross Watford Hemel Hempstead Aylesbury Bicester Solihull Birmingham West Bromwich Wolverhampton Whitchurch Chester Ellesmere Port Birkenhead |
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The A41 is a major trunk road in England that links London and Birkenhead, although it has now in parts been superseded by motorways. It passes through or near various towns and cities including Watford, Kings Langley, Hemel Hempstead, Aylesbury, Solihull, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Newport, Whitchurch, Chester and Ellesmere Port.
It follows part of the line of the old Roman road, Akeman Street and the eighteenth century Sparrows Herne turnpike.
With the opening of the M40 extension in 1990 from junction 8 – linking with the M42 near Birmingham – much of the route was downgraded in importance. The sections between Bicester and the M42 near Solihull were classified A4141, A4177 and B4100.
The route begins near the Marble Arch end of Oxford Street (A40) in London's West End, at the junction with Portman Street/Gloucester Place (northbound) – Baker Street/Orchard Street (south-bound). It becomes a dual-carriageway on Finchley Road, through Swiss Cottage, and along Hendon Way, and intersects with the North Circular Road near Brent Cross shopping centre. The road passes through Hendon and after the junction with the A5150, (close to the Metropolitan Police's police college and the RAF Museum). The A41 overlaps the A1 at Five Ways Corner with the section known as Watford Way. It passes through Mill Hill, separating with the A1 at Apex Corner roundabout After crossing the M1, near Elstree, it links the M1 at Junction 4, and then meets the A5 at a roundabout (where the A5 becomes the A5183). The A41 continues alongside the M1 into Hertfordshire. This section is known as Elton Way, as far as the roundabout with the B462. The next section is dual-carriageway.
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