A465 Llandarcy Interchange

Layout and signage

  M4










    M4










  Caerdydd — Cardiff
Port Talbot
Abertawe — Swansea
M4 Link
Sgiwen — Skewen
Llandarcy
Jersey Marine
B4290
Caerfryddin — Carmarthen
M4 Link

Lane configuration

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  • Lane 1 continues ahead.
  • Lane 2 continues ahead.

Other events

  • Signs National Speed Limit begins
  • Signs 40mph speed limit begins

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The road that made no sense

It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.

The forever bottleneck, part 2

The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.

The forever bottleneck, part 1

The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.

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