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The A4232, which is also known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road (PDR) ((ウェールズ語:Ffordd Ddosbarthu Ymylol)) or the Cardiff Link Road ((ウェールズ語:Ffordd Gyswllt Caerdydd)),〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Vale of Glamorgan Council )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= David Wells ivegonefishing.co.uk/ ) 〕 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 the Butetown Link Road in 1995. Construction of the first phase of the final link road, the Eastern Bay Link Road, is due begin in 2015, and will take approximately 18 months to complete. 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 the East Moors Viaduct, which is a single carriageway. The PDR has been constructed in separate link roads of between and around Cardiff and to date including spurs have been opened to traffic, with plans for a further . It has 4 large viaducts (Ely Viaduct, Grangetown Viaduct, Taff Viaduct and the East Moors Viaduct), 1 tunnel (Queen's Gate Tunnel) and 2 spur roads (Cogan Spur and Central Link Road). The road also has many smaller bridges over or under most of the interchanges on the road. The entire length of the road has clearway restrictions on it. == History == The road was conceived in the early 1970s and planning began in the late 1970s, by South Glamorgan County Council. The road at that stage was planned to be completed by 1995 and would relieve Ely, Grangetown, Butetown and East Moors of through traffic and as a fast link to the national motorway network via the M4 and A48(M).〔 The first section of the PDR to be completed was the Southern Way Link Road between Newport Road (A4161 road) and the Eastern Avenue (A48 road) in 1978 and the last section of the PDR, the Butetown Link Road, was opened to the public in 1995.〔〔 The former chairman of the South Glamorgan County Council environment committee, Councillor Paddy Kitson, called the road a "necklace of opportunity" due to its shape and also the opportunities for regeneration.〔''South Wales Echo'', "Opening up southern Cardiff – Value of PDR", Wednesday 22 May, 1985, Page 15〕 By 1 April 1996 the responsibility for the road was transferred from South Glamorgan County Council to the unitary authority of Cardiff Council. Much of the funding for the road had been grant aided from the European Community and the UK Government on the basis that it would improve the economic viability of the area and bring in new jobs and industry.〔 However, since the completion of the Butetown Link Road, funding for further developments have been at a stand still,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Cardiff Council )〕 and to date including spurs are open to traffic with plans for a further .〔 The "missing link", the Eastern Bay Link Road, is still to be built.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A4232 road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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