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The Expressway

A41

Also runs asBlack Country New RoadNew Chester RoadWarwick RoadChester RoadFinchley RoadNewport RoadWatford WayWhitchurch RoadNorth Western AvenueAylesbury RoadHendon WayRock Ferry BypassSolihull BypassWhitchurch BypassHeath RoadHolyhead RoadRing RoadLiverpool RoadAlbrighton BypassEdgware WayAkeman Road
Plan a drive around it
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12 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A41 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.6 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
106
How these scores are measured

Curvy metres is curviness multiplied by length: how much genuine curve this road actually gives you, rather than how tight its tightest corner is. It is the number that separates a mountain pass from a housing estate.

Speed limits along it

What is on the poles along this stretch, by share of its length.

  • 50 mph97%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)3%

Runs past

  • West Bromwich·town·10 m
  • Smethwick·town·1.7 km
  • Hill Top·village·1.5 km
  • The Cronehills·hamlet·10 m
  • Mayer's Green·hamlet·10 m
  • Lyndon·hamlet·10 m

Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 670 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Smoke House Bar & Grill

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • phone
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Red Lion

    Pub · 430 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Nando's

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Sportsman

    Restaurant · 90 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Red Leaf Global Buffet (Ground Floor)

    Restaurant · 170 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A41 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A41

Photographs taken within about a kilometre of this stretch, from Wikimedia Commons. They are near the road — we have no evidence any of them shows it.

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