Bromford Viaduct

Bromford Viaduct crosses Bromford Lane, part of the A4040, Birmingham's a non-motorway outer ring road.

The Bromford Viaduct carries the M6 motorway between Castle Bromwich (junction 5) and Gravelly Hill (junction 6) along the River Tame valley in Birmingham, England. This elevated stretch of motorway above the Tame itself is 3 ¹⁄₂ miles (5.6 kilometres) long, which makes it the longest viaduct in Great Britain,^[1] being a quarter mile longer than the Second Severn Crossing. It was constructed during the period 1964-1972.^[1]

Between 2012 and 2014, the motorway along the length of the viaduct was converted to a smart motorway system, with variable speed limits.^[2]

References

1 2 "The Motorway Archive". Motorway Archive Trust. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
↑ "M6 Birmingham Box Phase 3 - Road Projects - Highways Agency". Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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Current	Children's City Good Hope Orthopaedic Queen Elizabeth Women's

Defunct	Accident General Old Queen Elizabeth Selly Oak Witton Isolation

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Christian	Ascension, Hall Green St Agatha, Sparkbrook St Agnes, Moseley St Alban, Highgate St Andrew, Handsworth St Anne, Moseley St Anne, Digbeth St Augustine, Edgbaston St Barnabas, Erdington St Bartholomew, Edgbaston St Benedict's, Bordesley Bishop Latimer, Winson Green St Catherine, Bristol Street St Chad's Cathedral St Cyprian, Hay Mills St David, Shenley Green St Edburgha, Yardley St Edward, Selly Park Erdington Abbey SS Faith & Laurence, Harborne St Francis, Bournville St Francis, Handsworth St Gabriel, Weoley Castle St George, Edgbaston Handsworth Cemetery Chapel Holy Trinity, Birchfield Holy Trinity & St Luke Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield St James, Handsworth St John, Ladywood St John, Perry Barr St John, Sparkhill St Laurence, Northfield St Lazar, Bournville St Martin, Bull Ring St Mark, Washwood Heath St Mary, Acocks Green St Mary, Handsworth St Mary, Moseley St Mary, Selly Oak St Mary's Convent Methodist Central Hall St Michael & All Angels, Bartley Green St Michael, Handsworth St Michael, Moor Street St Nicolas, Kings Norton Oratory St Paul, Birmingham St Paul, Lozells St Peter, Harborne SS Peter & Paul, Aston St Philip's Cathedral St Silas, Lozells Stechford Baptist

Islamic	Central Mosque Darul Barakaat Ghamkol Shariff Green Lane Jami

Jewish	Central Synagogue Singers Hill

Sikh	Guru Nanak, Handsworth

Hindu	Shree Geeta Bhawan

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Coordinates: 52°30′22″N 1°49′44″W / 52.506°N 1.829°W / 52.506; -1.829

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