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The A48(M) is a motorway in Wales, a short spur off the M4 towards Cardiff. It is officially 2 miles long, but at St Mellons it runs continuously into a further 6 miles of motorway-standard high speed A48 whose lack of formal motorway status appears arbitrary. Image File history File links UK_motorway_A48(M). ... Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is the third largest city in Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea). ... The colour scheme used to denote a primary route. ... The Norman Keep, Cardiff Castle. ... St Mellons (Welsh: Llaneirwg) is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M4. ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in the UK, which links London and west Wales via Bristol. ... Motorway mark in Europe. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in the UK, which links London and west Wales via Bristol. ... The Norman Keep, Cardiff Castle. ... St Mellons (Welsh: Llaneirwg) is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... The A48 is a major trunk road in Britain. ...

The official A48(M) has the unusual feature that it has no junction options. At both ends it just leads into limited-access junctions with only one access option. It opened in 1977, originally as an ending for the M4 whose continuation westwards it was projected would be from St Mellons, as maps from the period show. Instead it was soon extended westwards by its more northerly route from junction 29 that left the A48(M) as a spur.This road also runs behind the large secondary school Brynteg. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

A 6 mile motorway section in Port Talbot had also formerly been numbered A48(M) before incorporation into the M4's westward extension in 1978. Arms of Port Talbot Port Talbot is an industrial town in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, UK, with a population of approximately 50,000. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

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