A38 Cycleway on the Bristol Road in Edgbaston

Now that the new cycleway along the A38 in Edgbaston is open, I got some photos from the 1A bus in the Saturday sunshine along the Bristol Road. Between Edgbaston Road and the University of Birmingham. It ends at the Aston Webb Boulevard / Selly Oak Bypass (joining onto the existing painted cyclepath on the pavement).

I keep wanting to get the no 1 bus from Acocks Green, but keep missing it, and since NXWM introduced the 1A, end up getting that towards the University of Birmingham / QEHB instead. Better weather this time than when I last got the 1A up the Bristol Road (previous time raining). On the warm Saturday, took these photos from the bus, as far as the University.

Here the start of the dual carriageway. The blue cycleway joins from the crossing to the right.

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The cycleway is closed overnight but open in daylight hours.

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Trams used to go down here a very long time ago, at least as far as the Lickey Hills. But for maybe over 50 to 60 years has just been grass and trees down the middle.

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Looking good in the summer sunshine but lacking cyclists.

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Traffic lights I think close to the Pebble Mill Road junction.

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A S bend in the cycleway here.

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Curving round towards the University of Birmingham.

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Getting close to the University.

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The first man on a bike that I saw close to the new University Gym and swimming pool.

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A man with a trailer behind his bike, waiting at the lights.

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He is now seen crossing over this junction.

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The end of the blue cycleway near the University of Birmingham. Beyond here it is not painted blue, just the pre-existing cyclepath on the pavement on the Selly Oak Bypass / Aston Webb Boulevard.

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This lady briefly headed onto the blue cycleway before heading into the University via the South Gate.

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End of the line. As you can see to the left the cyclepath on the bypass pavement is just painted lines, without the blue surface.

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The other section of this cycleway goes up the Bristol Road from Edgbaston Road towards the Belgrave Interchange, but I think it switches sides on the pavement. And it may go up Bristol Street. Would be ideal if they built a link between this one and the other one for the A34 towards Perry Barr.

Photos taken by Elliott Brown.

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