A4161 road

The A4161 is a main road in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The main purpose of the road is to link the city centre with the M4 motorway in the west at junction 33, and in the east with the A48(M) motorway at St Mellons.

A4161
Newport Road, with the A4232 Southern Way flyover in the background
Major junctions
East end	A4232 (Southern Way) 51.5002°N 3.1402°W / 51.5002; -3.1402 (A4161 road (eastern end))
Major intersections	A4232 A469 A4160 A470 A4119 A48
West end	A48 (Ely Bridge) 51.4851°N 3.2286°W / 51.4851; -3.2286 (A4161 road (western end))
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	Wales
Primary destinations	Cardiff
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A4160 → A4162

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 dual carriageway became the A48.^[1] By 2 November 1975, Queen Street was partly pedestrianised and 2 subways were opened under North Road and Boulevard de Nantes^[1] to allow the A4161 then to move from Queen Street to Dumfries Place, Stuttgarter Strasse, Boulevard De Nantes. The A48 section between Rumney and St Mellons later became the B4487 and Southern Way (A4232) was built in 1978.^[2]

Old A48 route

Cardiff Bridge

Junction of Newport Road (A4161) and West Grove

Cardiff in 1946

From east to west:

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

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 Cardiff Castle 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)

Types of road

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

Notes

• Cardiff & Newport A-Z Street Atlas 2007 Edition