A458
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by Highways England, English local authorities and North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Agency | |
| Length: | 86 mi (138 km) |
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| West end: | Mallwyd |
 A470 road A495 road A490 road A483 road A5 road A49 road A4169 road A442 road A454 road A449 road A491 road A459 road A456 road
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| East end: | Halesowen |
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Primary destinations: |
Welshpool Shrewsbury Bridgnorth Stourbridge |
| Road network | |
The A458 is a route on the UK highway network that runs from Mallwyd, near Machynlleth, in Wales, to Halesowen, near Stourbridge, in England. On the way it passes through Welshpool, Shrewsbury, Much Wenlock, Bridgnorth and Stourbridge.
The road was one of several from "Welch Gate and Cotton Hill" (sic) turnpiked on 1758. Between Buttington and Halfway House the original course of the road was abandoned after it was disturnpiked in 1837. It was replaced by a new road built along the foot of Moelygolfa (hill), built in 1801. This Turnpike Trust ended in 1877.
This road is likely to be Anglo-Saxon in origin, as it links the burhs of Bridgnorth and Shrewsbury. It was used by the army of Henry I, which cleared trees near it on Wenlock Edge to make the road safe. The road was turnpiked in 1752, the trust being solely concerned with this road. It remained a turnpike until 1875.
The Bridgnorth bypass, opened in 1985, was classified as A458, taking the main road around the south of the town, previously it ran through Low Town, but ran along low ground at the foot of the hillside up to the town centre.
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