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The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is a motorway in the United Kingdom running from west London to southwest Wales.The English section to the Severn Bridge was constructed between 1961 and 1971; the Welsh element was largely complete by 1980, though a non-motorway section around Briton Ferry bridge remained until 1993.
The bridge was opened in 1966 by Queen Elizabeth II. [9] For thirty years, the bridge carried the M4 motorway. It was granted Grade I listed status in 1999. [10] Following the completion of the Second Severn Crossing, the section of motorway from Olveston in England to Magor in Wales was designated the M48.
The M4 section was the longest stretch of motorway to be opened in England, since the M1 in 1959. The service area is on the Theale to Shefford Woodlands section, which is sixteen and a half miles (27 km) long; the route was announced in December 1966, but altered in November 1967 after objections. [ 5 ]
Map showing the Second Severn Crossing in relation to other crossings and the estuary itself. The Second Severn Crossing (Welsh: Ail Groesfan Hafren), officially named the Prince of Wales Bridge (Welsh: Pont Tywysog Cymru) since July 2018, is the M4 motorway bridge over the River Severn between England and Wales, opened in 1996 to supplement the traffic capacity of the Severn Bridge built in 1966.
Chiswick Roundabout with the flyover above. The Chiswick flyover is a short elevated section of the M4 motorway in the western approaches to London, United Kingdom. The flyover in the west London suburb of Chiswick, was opened in 1959 with the intention of reducing congestion and the impact on local traffic of vehicles travelling around London on the North and South Circular Roads and between ...
Almost as soon as the M4 Newport bypass (junctions 24-28) had opened, the traffic levels had grown to such a degree that the road had to be widened to three lanes in each direction. This was finished in 1982 but with the exception of the tunnels and Usk bridge which remained as dual two-lane sections (Junctions 25-26).
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The M4 carbine (officially Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4) is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively used by the US military , with decisions to largely replace the M16 rifle in US Army (starting 2010) and US Marine Corps ...