Yup.
[snip] modern-day Watling Street neatly divides into two convenient sections. From the coast at Dover to London, it is the A2 sometimes called the Great Dover Road. From London, the A5 follows Watling Street north to its original end in Wroxeter, just outside Shrewsbury. [/snip]
https://britishheritage.com/travel/watling-street
Roman roads were not built by the lowest bidder.