A4080 road
TheA4080is a BritishA roadwhich is located on the Island ofAnglesey,Wales.It follows a very roundabout route from theA5 roadatLlanfairpwllgwyngyllviaNewboroughandRhosneigrback to theA55and the A5 about 9 miles (14 km) south ofHolyhead.In all the road is about 17 miles (27 km) long.
The route[edit]
The A4080 branches off the A5 at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, bridges the main railway line and heads south. At first it runs parallel with theMenai Straitbut then moves further inland passing through the village ofBrynsiencyn,where there are some sharp bends, and curving round the village ofDwyran.Another sharp bends leads to a straight section of road which passes theAnglesey Model Village.This section ends in a roundabout from which the last exit turns northwestwards and soon reachesNewboroughwhere the B4221 branches off to the right. Passing through Newborough Forest and past Malltraeth Sands, the A4080 crosses theAfon CefniatMalltraeth.[1][2]
A section of road follows with several sharp bends, after which it passes through the villages ofHermonandLlangadwaladr,crosses some dunes and theAfon Ffrawto enterAberffraw.About three miles later, the sea becomes visible to the left. Leaving the coast soon afterwards, the road splits; one section goes straight ahead and under the railway, while the other loops back to the left, with a small lake on the right, and enters the seaside village ofRhosneigr.It curves round to the right, passes under the railway and rejoins the other branch atLlanfaelog,having covered a distance of 2.5 miles (4.0 km) as against the other branch's 0.5 miles (0.8 km). Now travelling northeastwards, the road continues for about 3 miles (5 km) to join the A55 at adumbbell interchange,terminating a few hundred yards later at the A5 betweenBryngwranandGwalchmai,the road continuing northeastward as the B5112.[1][2]
Improvements[edit]
In 2015, Anglesey County Council obtained grants worth more than £400,000 from the Road Safety Capital grants programme and theWelsh Government's "Safe Routes in Communities" scheme to make improvements to the A4080 Engedi to Aberffraw section, the A4080 Brynsiencyn to Newborough section and the B4419 Pentre Berw to Llangaffo. Works to be done included new signage, road markings and bend improvements.[3]
References[edit]
- ^abOS Landranger 114: Anglesey / Ynys Môn.Ordnance Survey. 2016.ISBN978-0-319-26212-2.
- ^ab"A4080".SABRE.Retrieved17 June2016.
- ^"Anglesey receives £2m boost for island's road network".Daily Post.17 May 2015.Retrieved16 June2016.
External links[edit]
Media related toA4080 road (Wales)at Wikimedia Commons
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