A northern relief road for Birmingham was first suggested as early as 1980. The reason was the severe congestion on the M6, the major motorway route from the south to the northwest and Scotland. Traffic delays on the M6 were happening at least twice a week, costing £1 billion every year.
It was announced in 1989 that a toll road would be built, and it finally opened for traffic in 2003. Officially called the North Birmingham Relief Road with the number A446(M), it follows the line of a local road (the A446) from Coleshill in Warwickshire to Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. It is 43 km in length and has one service station.
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