The A448 starts at a fork junction on the A435 just to the South of Studley, heading North West into the new town of
Redditch, entering
Worcestershire immediately before a roundabout where it meets the
A441. For the next 0.8 miles (1.3 km) it is concurrent with the A441, before diverging at England's only
Cloverleaf interchange. From this point the A448 heads West on a dual carriageway bypassing the villages of Tardebigge and Finstall. The dual carriageway ends on a roundabout with the
A38BromsgroveBypass. It continues through the congested town centre and out of the other side, passing under the
M5. It is now a twisty single carriageway road passing through several villages before entering Kidderminster. It crosses the
A449 at traffic lights, and descends past
Kidderminster station and
Severn Valley Railway to meet the Ring Road.
Through Redditch the A448 used to follow now unclassified roads on the South Side of the new town, changes coming during the 1970s when new dual carriageways (or Highways) were built to deal with the rising volume of traffic following the town's growth.[1]
Between Redditch and Bromsgrove the villages of Tardebigge and Finstall have been bypassed[1]
The A448 used to be concurrent with the
A38 along Bromsgrove High Street[1]
A435
A441
A4189
A38
A449
A451
Transport in Worcestershire