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 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
A38 Bromsgrove Bypass. 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. ==Former routes==