A465 road

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The A465 is a major road in South Wales. It is more commonly known as the Heads of the Valleys Road because it joins together the north ends of the South Wales Valleys.

It runs south west from Hereford in England into Wales via Abergavenny and Brynmawr, then continues along the heads of the valleys, past Ebbw Vale, Tredegar, Rhymney, Merthyr Tydfil and Hirwaun, then bypasses Neath before terminating at its junction with the M4 motorway. The highest point of 1350ft is on the Ebbw Vale section. It now has a new dual carridgeway and slip roads between Dowlais Top which via's Rhymney and Tredegar. At Dowlais Top you have plenty of link roads like the A4060 which takes you down to the South End of Merthyr Tydfil and links with the A470 and the A4054 which takes you through Merthyr Vale and Aberfan. The other link is the A4102 which takes you into Dowlais and into Merthyr Tydfil Town Centre. Finally the other link road is the A465 which takes you pass Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil great view of Pen Y Fan from here then continues to Cefn Coed y cymmer (North End of Merthyr Tydfil then leads to the A470 link and then continues down the west side of the valley to Neath.