Infrastructure

Roads

Major East-West roads connecting Wales to the major cities in England include the M4 motorway which crosses the Severn Estuary over the Second Severn Crossing. This replaced the Severn Bridge as the major gateway to Wales and connects with Newport, Cardiff, Swansea and the ferry terminals at Pembroke Dock and Fishguard.

In the North the A55 Expressway runs East- West across North Wales connecting the Westerly ferry terminal at Holyhead to the cities of Liverpool and Manchester.

In Mid Wales the main East-West route is the A44 trunk road which connects the Western coastal town of Aberystwyth (indirectly) with Birmingham and the English Midlands.

North-South Road links in Wales comprise the A470 trunk road which runs from Cardiff through the centre of Wales to Llandudno on the North Wales Coast and the A487 Bangor to Fishguard Trunk Road which runs mainly along the Western Coast.