The A4042 is a trunk road that runs from

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...

in south Wales.

Route

Starting at the junction of the A40 and

A465 The A465 is a trunk road that runs from Bromyard in Herefordshire, England to Llandarcy near Swansea in South Wales. The western half is known officially as the Neath to Abergavenny Trunk Road, but the section from Abergavenny to the Vale of N ...

south of Abergavenny, the A4042 travels south towards Little Mill north of

Pontypool Pontypool ( cy, Pont-y-pŵl ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It has a population of 28,970. Location It is situated on the Afon Lwyd ri ...

. This section is a single carriageway and is winding and undulating. From Little Mill onwards the road is

dual carriageway A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...

, bypassing Pontypool and Cwmbran before crossing the city boundary into Newport. The road has a junction (25A) with the

M4 motorway The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is a motorway in the United Kingdom running from west London to southwest Wales. The English section to the Severn Bridge was constructed between 1961 and 1971; the Welsh element was largely ...

and south from there loses its primary status and becomes an urban road. The first section of which, Heidenheim Drive (named after one of Newport's twin towns), is an elevated roadway through the

Crindau Crindau () is a Victorian inner-city area just north of the city centre in Newport in south-east Wales. It lies within the Shaftesbury electoral district (ward) and community (parish). Crindau is roughly bounded by the Monmouthshire canal to th ...

district. The road then becomes the Kingsway that passes through Newport city centre, and continues on as Usk Way until its junction with the

A48 A48 may refer to : * A48 motorway (France), a road connecting the A43 and Grenoble * A48 road (Great Britain), a road connecting Gloucester, England and Carmarthen, Wales * Autovía A-48, a motorway under construction connecting Cadiz and Algeciras ...

Southern Distributor Road to the south of Newport.

Junctions

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Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil (; cy, Merthyr Tudful ) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydf ...

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...

, Brecon,

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...

A40 , Ysbytty Fields Roundabout , ''Start of A4042'' , - align='center' ,

Llanfoist Llanfoist ( cy, Llan-ffwyst) is both a village near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales, and the community of Llanfoist Fawr. Llanfoist derives from ''Ffwyst'', an early Christian Welsh saint, although the anglicised version of the church ...

B4269 , Llanellen Junction , Llanfoist B4269 , - align='center' , Usk

A472 List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European isla ...

, Little Mill Junction , Usk, Little Mill A472 , - align='center' , Mamhilad , Mamhilad Roundabout , Mamhilad , - align='center' ,

New Inn New Inn - ( cy, Y Dafarn Newydd) - is a village and community directly south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It had a population of 5,986 at the 2011 Census. L ...

, New Inn Roundabout , New Inn , - align='center' ,

A472 ( A4043) , Pontymoile Roundabout , Pontypool A472 (A4043) , - align='center' , Cwmbran A4051
New Inn , Craig-y- Felin , New Inn
Cwmbran A4051 , - align='center' ,

Croesyceiliog Croesyceiliog (, ''Cockerel's Cross'') is a suburb of Cwmbran, Wales. Housing Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing from Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages to property built betw ...

, Croesyceiliog Roundabout , Croesyceiliog , - align='center' , Croesyceiliog
Caerleon B4236 , Turnpike Roundabout , Caerleon B4236 , - align='center' , Llantarnam
Cwmbran , Crown Roundabout , Llantarnam
Cwmbran , - align='center' , Cwmbran A4051 , Croes-y-Mwyalch , Cardiff A4051 ( M4 (W)) , - align='center' , ''Start of A4042'' , Grove Park , London, Chepstow A4042 (M4 (E)) , - align="center" bgcolor="white" style="color: black;font-size:120%;" style="font-size:120%; border-top: black 2px solid;" , colspan=3 , A4042 , - ! Northbound exits ! Junction / Interchange ! Southbound exits , - align='center' , London, Chepstow A4042 (M4 (E))
Caerleon B4596 , Grove Park , Start of A4042 , - align='center' , Cardiff A4051 (M4 (W)) , Harlequin , Cardiff A4051 (M4 (W))

City Centre A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely equivalent terms exist in other languages, such as "" in Fren ...

, - align='center' , Civic Centre B4591
Exit only , Old Green Interchange , Access only , - align='center' , Cattle market
Old Town Docks , Octopus Bridge , Old Town Docks
Superstore , - align='center' , ''Start of A4042'' , Old Town Dock , (M4 (E)), Pilgwenlly, Docks, (M4 (W))

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:4-4042 Roads in Monmouthshire Roads in Torfaen Roads in Newport, Wales

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