Newport Road

Newport Road is a 4.7 mi (7.5 km) road leading east from the centre of Cardiff, Wales, towards Newport, until it joins the A48 at St Mellons.

Newport Road follows the route of the A4161 through Roath and the B4487 through Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons. Until 1971 Newport Road was part of the main A48 route through South Wales (via Cardiff city centre). On 19 November 1971 the route was renumbered when the A48 was re-routed along the Eastern Avenue dual carriageway to the north.

Notable landmarks on Newport Road include the Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI), built in 1884. Between 1883 and 1909 the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (later Cardiff University) was founded and based on Newport Road. The stretch between Cardiff city centre and the CRI is now dominated by high-rise buildings and office blocks, including Eastgate House, Holland House and offices used as the headquarters of South Glamorgan County Council until 1986.

The stretch beyond the old city limits and before Rumney Hill is dominated by out of town shopping parks with many big name national shopping chains such as PC World, Matalan and Morrisons.

In 2012 (following a 2002 report which measured nitrogen oxide above safety levels) the area of Newport Road around the CRI became one of three Air Quality Management Areas in tne city.

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