The A449 on the outskirts of Newport

The A449 is a major road in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It runs north from junction 24 of the M4 motorway at Newport in south Wales to join with the A40 between Abergavenny and Monmouth. The M4 motorway is a Motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. Newport (Casnewydd is a city and principal area in Wales, in the United Kingdom. South Wales (De Cymru is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south and Mid Wales and West Wales For other uses see A40, for details of the A40 in london see A40 road (London. Abergavenny (Y Fenni meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a Market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. This is about the Welsh town of Monmouth For other uses see Monmouth (disambiguation. The A449 reappears at Ross-on-Wye at its junction with the A40 just west of the M50 motorway (junction 4) and continues roughly north-east to Ledbury, Malvern, Worcester, then turns northwards to Kidderminster and Wolverhampton before meeting the M6 motorway at junction 13, and finally terminating in Stafford. Ross-on-Wye ( Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy) is a small Market town with a population of 10089 (according to the 2001 census in southeastern Herefordshire For other uses see M50 motorway. The M50 is a Motorway in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire Ledbury is a Town in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. It is east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills Malvern is a Town and Civil parish in Worcestershire, England. Worcester (ˈwʊstə is a city and County town of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands of England. Kidderminster is a town in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. This article concerns the M6 motorway in England There are also M6 motorways in Russia (see Caspian Highway) Hungary (see M6 motorway This article is about the town of Stafford England For the larger local government district see Borough of Stafford.

The dual carriageway stretch between Newport and Monmouth was built to near-motorway standards, and was intended to ease the strain on the Severn Bridge, providing an alternative route to the Midlands. A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or Highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land known as a For the Ontario community see Severn Bridge Ontario Not to be confused with Second Severn Crossing The

The section between Worcester and Newport was originally part of the A48. The A48 is a major Trunk road in Great Britain. It runs from the A40 at Highnam west of Gloucester to the A40 at Carmarthen

External links

• Road to Nowhere: A449