A4161 road

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A4161 road
Direction	East-West
Start	A4232 (Southern Way)
Primary destinations1	Cardiff
End	A48 (Ely Bridge)
Roads joined	A4232 road A469 road A4160 road A470 road A4119 road A48 road
Notes Primary destinations as specified by the Department for Transport.

The A4161 is a main road in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

The road links Cardiff city centre with Ely and the M4 motorway (Junction 33) via the A48 and the A4232 to the west and Cardiff city centre with Rumney and the A48(M) motorway via the A4232 and the A48 to the east.

It is also part of the unofficial Cardiff inner ring road along with the A470 and the A4160^[1].

Contents 1 History of the road number 1.1 Historic route of the old A48 2 Present day 2.1 Current route of the A4161 2.2 Type of road (single / dual carriageway) 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] History of the road number

The original (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 dual carriageway became the A48^[2]. The A48 section between Rumney and St Mellons later became the B4487.

By 2 November 1975, Queen Street was partly pedestrianised and 2 subways were opened under North Road and Boulevard de Nantes^[2] to allow the A4161 then to move from Queen Street to Dumfries Place, Stuttgart Strasse, Boulevard De Nantes.

[edit] Historic route of the old A48

From east to west:

• Newport Road
• Queen Street
• Duke Street
• Castle Street
• Cowbridge Road East

[edit] Present day

Throughout its entire length it has 30mph (48 km/h) speed restrictions.

[edit] Current route of the A4161

From east to west it runs through the following roads in Cardiff:

• From Southern Way west along Newport Road
• Dumfries Place
• Stuttgart Strasse
• Boulevard De Nantes

The road then becomes the A470 from North Road (alongside Cardiff Castle through to Duke Street, before becoming the A4161 again from:

• Castle Street, then over Cardiff Bridge
• Cowbridge Road East
• Wellington Street
• Atlas Road
• Lansdowne Road
• Cowbridge Road East again, ending at Ely Bridge (roundabout on the A48)

[edit] Type of road (single / dual carriageway)

Junction
From	To	Type of road
Southern Way	Albany Road	3 lane (both ways) dual carriageway
Albany Road	Broadway	2 lane single carriageway
Broadway	North Road	2 lane (both ways) dual carriageway
North Road and Duke Street (A470)
High Street	Cathedral Road	2 lane (both ways) dual carriageway
Cathedral Road	Ely Bridge	2 lane single carriageway

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Cardiff Inner Ring Road
2. ^ ^{a b} Cardiff Timeline. Cardiff Council. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.

[edit] References

• Cardiff & Newport A-Z Street Atlas 2007 Edition

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