Which motorway would you take travelling between Cardiff and Swansea?
Swansea between these sides have ended in violence in both Swansea and Cardiff. These two clubs have a long history of intense rivalry, being described in the media as "tribal". The M4 motorway, with junctions 44 to 47, bypasses Swansea, replacing the A48 as the main east-west route. Both the M4 the A48 connect with Neath, Port Talbot and Cardiff to the east and Carmarthen to the west. The A483 dual carriageway links the city centre with the motorway at junction 42 to the east and junction 47 to the north west. On departing Swansea to the north, the A483 multiplexes
M4 motorway A4. After crossing the River Severn, toll-free, the motorway follows the A48, to terminate at the Pont Abraham services in Carmarthenshire. The major towns and cities along the route include Slough, Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, Port Talbot and Swansea. A new road from London to South Wales was first proposed in the 1930s. In 1956, the Ministry of Transport announced plans for the first major post-war road improvement projects. The Chiswick flyover, a short section of elevated dual-carriageway, not originally classed as a motorway, opened in 1959 to reduce the impact of traffic travelling between central London and the