Heads of the Valleys Road

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Heads of the Valleys Road is a major east–west route in South Wales, forming part of the A465 and linking several industrial and former coal-mining communities across the northern edge of the South Wales Valleys.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Heads of the Valleys Road canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
connects Abergavenny ⓘ
Ebbw Vale ⓘ
Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
Neath ⓘ
Swansea Valley ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Neath ⓘ
River Usk ⓘ
follows northern edge of the South Wales Valleys ⓘ
hasJunctionWith A40 road ⓘ
A4042 road ⓘ
A470 road ⓘ
M4 motorway ⓘ
hasSpeedLimit 70 mph on some dual carriageway sections ⓘ
lower limits through junction and urban sections ⓘ
knownFor major upgrade and dualling works in the 21st century ⓘ
strategic east–west link across northern South Wales Valleys ⓘ
laneConfiguration partly dual carriageway ⓘ
partly single carriageway ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn South Wales ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
maintainedBy Welsh Government ⓘ
namedAfter Heads of the Valleys ⓘ
openedInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
partOf A465 road ⓘ
Welsh trunk road network ⓘ
passesNear Hirwaun ⓘ
Tredegar ⓘ
passesThrough Brynmawr ⓘ
Ebbw Vale ⓘ
Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
purpose to improve east–west connectivity in South Wales ⓘ
to support economic regeneration of the South Wales Valleys ⓘ
region South Wales Valleys ⓘ
roadNumber A465 ⓘ
roadType primary route ⓘ
routeDirection east–west ⓘ
serves former coal-mining communities ⓘ
industrial communities ⓘ
terminusNear Abergavenny ⓘ
Neath ⓘ
upgradeStatus subject to long-term dualling programme ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Glynneath → hasRoad → Heads of the Valleys Road ⓘ
Ebbw Vale → locatedNear → Heads of the Valleys Road ⓘ
Brynmawr → hasRoadConnection → Heads of the Valleys Road ⓘ
A465 road → alsoKnownAs → Heads of the Valleys Road ⓘ
A465 → alsoKnownAs → Heads of the Valleys Road ⓘ