 In 1960, plans were announced to build a Ring Road around the centre of Wolverhampton.By the end of the 1960s, more than half of the Ring Road had been completed, stretching from Snow Hill to Stafford Street (via Penn Road, Chapel Ash and Waterloo Road), followed a few years later by a section between Snow Hill and Bilston Street.However, the final section between Bilston Street and Stafford Street (via Wednesfield Road) was not completed until 1986.