![]() “It will be yet another example of civic public lettering disappearing and will be missed. When a sign like that is removed, people notice it is missing. They were seen by thousands of drivers using the tunnels each day, people felt a connection with it. “The signs above the tunnel is a familiar landmark and part of Birmingham history. “The Queensway is a great example of Birmingham’s post 1950s infrastructure evolution and was developed to enable the flow of traffic both in, around and the core of the city. The Queensway tunnel launch on April 7, 1971, with its new sign in place She said that the sign is in the Albertus typeface which is popular on City of London road signs. Her Phd research project Graphic DNA, is looking at how the lettering and signage in a city, in particular Birmingham, has been influenced by its development. Typographer Geraldine Marshall is collecting old Birmingham street signs for display at the Millennium Point campus in which a Queensway replica sign would take pride of place. Now the city council’s roads contractor Amey has offered to recreate the sign if a suitable location can be found and Birmingham City University may just have a place for it as part of an exhibition of typography. ![]() It had been hoped to send them to the Museum and Art Gallery or put them up elsewhere as a fondly remembered piece of the city’s history.īut sadly the old signs had become rotten after four decades being battered by all weathers and crumbled when they were removed. ![]() Last summer the timber Queensway signs were removed from the tunnels and replaced with new electronic warning billboards which can instantly alert drivers to a crash or hold up ahead. ![]() The historic sign which marked the entrance to Birmingham’s Queensway tunnels for 40 years before its removal this summer could be recreated for a university exhibition. ![]()
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