The A4161 is a main road in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The main purpose of the road is to link the

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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 ...

in the west at junction 33, and in the east with the

A48(M) motorway The A48(M) motorway in Wales links Cardiff with Newport. It is a long M4 spur. At St Mellons, it runs continuously into the dual-carriageway A48, which also features (albeit narrow) hard shoulders. The A48(M) has no junctions and opened ...

St Mellons St Mellons ( cy, Llaneirwg) is a district and suburb of southeastern Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Prior to 1996 St Mellons was the name given to the community largely north of Newport Road (B4487) which included the old St Mellons village. ...

History

The 1923 route of the A48 was the main east–west link in south Wales. The A48 in Cardiff was re-numbered to the A4161 on 19 November 1971 when the Eastern Avenue

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became the A48. By 2 November 1975, Queen Street was partly pedestrianised and 2 subways were opened under North Road and Boulevard de Nantes to allow the A4161 then to move from Queen Street to Dumfries Place, Stuttgart Strasse, Boulevard De Nantes. The A48 section between Rumney and

later became the B4487 and Southern Way (A4232) was built in 1978.'' South Wales Echo'', "Opening up southern Cardiff – Value of PDR", Wednesday 22 May, 1985, Page 15

Old A48 route

From east to west: *

Newport Road Newport Road is a 4.7 mi (7.5 km) road leading east from the centre of Cardiff, Wales, towards Newport, until it joins the A48 at St Mellons. Description Newport Road follows the route of the A4161 through Roath and the B4487 t ...

* Queen Street * Duke Street * Castle Street *

Cowbridge Road East Cowbridge Road East () is a major road in western-central Cardiff the capital of Wales. It is the principal road which passes through the busy district of Canton and connects Cowbridge Road West in the western districts to central Cardiff ...

Current route

From east to west it runs through the following roads in Cardiff: * From Southern Way west along Newport Road * Dumfries Place * Stuttgarter Strasse * Boulevard De Nantes The road then follows the A470 from North Road (alongside

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through to Duke Street, before becoming the A4161 again from: * Castle Street, and over Cardiff Bridge * Cowbridge Road East * Wellington Street * Atlas Road * Lansdowne Road * Cowbridge Road East again, ending at Ely Bridge (roundabout on the A48)

History

Old A48 route

Current route

Types of road

Notes

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