M4 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Part of | ||||
Maintained by Highways England South Wales Trunk Road Agent | ||||
Length | 189 mi[1] (304 km) | |||
Existed | 1963–present | |||
History | Opened: 1959 (Chiswick Flyover), 1961 (as A4(M)), 1963, 1966 (as A48(M)) Completed: 1996 | |||
Major junctions | ||||
East end | Chiswick 51°29′23″N 0°16′41″W / 51.4897°N 0.2781°W | |||
J4b → M25 motorway / J8/9 → A308(M) motorway/A404(M) motorway J10 → A329(M) motorway J19 → M32 motorway J20 → M5 motorway J21 → M48 motorway J22 → M49 motorway J23 → M48 motorway J29 → A48(M) motorway | ||||
To | Pont Abraham 51°44′42″N 4°03′54″W / 51.7451°N 4.0651°W | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Counties | Greater London, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Newport, Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire | |||
Primary destinations | London London Heathrow Airport Slough Maidenhead Reading Newbury Swindon Bristol Newport Cardiff Bridgend Port Talbot Neath Swansea | |||
Road network | ||||
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The M4 is a long motorway in the United Kingdom. It goes from London to South Wales. It also passes Bristol. It was first called the London–South Wales Motorway.