Chepstow

Chepstow / Cas-gwent is a Primary Destination and town on the Welsh border, sitting alongside the Severn estuary and Severn Bridge.

History

Chepstow in 1953

Chepstow is one of the Primary Destinations where the town's road network has hardly changed since the war. The biggest change, apart from the arrival of the M4 (now M48) several miles to the south, is that the A48 has been provided with a new bridge across the River Wye, resulting in it being diverted away from the eastern end of the town centre. The only other change is that the A466 spur into the town centre has been downgraded to become part of an extended B4293.

Chepstow Inner Relief Road

Stage 1

Stage 1 - east of Hardwick Terrace

Mount Pleasant to Station Road was opened on 2 March 1973. Contractor was Haywood Group of Chepstow, cost £140,000.

Stage 2

Stage 2 - looking eastwards across the bridge

The 1 mile S2 road from Station Road to Gloucester Road was completed in January 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report), to complete the relief road. Outturn works cost £8 million. The viaduct section, Chepstow New Bridge, was reported as opened by Wyn Roberts, Minister of State for Wales in the Gloucester News of 4 February 1988.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
M48	London / Llundain, Bristol / Bryste (M4)	Accessed via A466
M48	Cardiff / Caerdydd, Newport / Casnewydd (M4)	Accessed via A466
A48	Lydney, Gloucester
A48	Caerwent
A466	Monmouth / Trefynwy
B4235	Usk / Brynbuga	Usk is reached via A472
B4293	Itton, Devauden, Trelleck