Birmingham Road Network Map
Boasting more miles of canal than Venice, Birmingham balances its 18th-century industrial waterways with Britain's most iconic multi-tier highway interchange (Spaghetti Junction).
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Birmingham
Urban Grid Pattern
Radial Midlands Hub & Canal Matrix
Estimated Road Ways
31,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
52.38, -2.02 to 52.60, -1.75
Primary Arterial Corridors
New Street, Corporation Street, Broad Street, A38(M) Aston Expressway, M6
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Birmingham roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Birmingham', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render Birmingham roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of Birmingham?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.