page_title: A4232 road
section_title: Ely Spur
hierarchical_section_title: A4232 road / Abandoned spur roads / Ely Spur
caption_attribution_description: English: Ely Bridge Roundabout At the junction of Cowbridge Road and Western Ave (A48), Cardiff
context_page_description: The A4232, which is also known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road or the Cardiff Link Road, is a distributor road in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.
  The first section of the PDR to be completed was the Southern Way Link Road in 1978 and the last section was phase 1 of the Eastern Bay Link Road, known as Ewart Parkinson Road in 2017. When fully completed, the road will form part of the Cardiff ring road system. The PDR runs west, south and east of Cardiff, with the M4 between junction 30 and junction 33 completing the northern section. The PDR is dual carriageway for its entire length except for Rover Way and the East Moors Viaduct, which is a single carriageway. The entire length of the road has clearway restrictions on it.
  The PDR has been constructed in separate link roads of between 1.2 km and 5.47 km around Cardiff and to date 17.4 miles including spurs have been opened to traffic, with plans for a further 5.53 km. It has 5 large viaducts, 1 tunnel and 2 spur roads. The road has many grade separated interchanges.
context_section_description: The Ely Spur was planned to run from a new interchange on the Ely Link Road to the Ely Bridge Roundabout on the A48.  It was only 1.2 km (0.75 mi) in length, but it would have reduced through traffic in the residential area of Ely, namely on Cowbridge Road West traveling to and from the A48.  But it has now been announced that this proposal has now been officially abandoned.
caption: Ely Bridge Roundabout
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