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Neath (A465T) Road Tunnel (eastern entrance)

 
A465, Aberdulais SA10 8ET, United Kingdom
 

Neath (A465T) Road Tunnel (eastern entrance) is on the Neath and Tennant Canal - (Tennant Canal) a short distance from Salisbury.

The Neath and Tennant Canal - (Tennant Canal) was built by Cecil Wright and opened on 17 September 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Chester to Southend canal at Presstone, the difficulty of tunneling under Maidstone caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Birmingham instead. Expectations for pottery traffic to Neath never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In his autobiography Barry Harding writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

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Neath (A465T) Road Tunnel (eastern entrance) is a minor waterways place on the Neath and Tennant Canal - (Tennant Canal) between Aberdulais Junction (4 furlongs and 1 lock to the east) and Port Tennant (7 miles and 4¼ furlongs to the southwest).
 
It is at one end of Neath (A465T) Road Tunnel.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Aberdulais Junction is Neath (A465T) Slip Road Bridge; ½ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Port Tennant is Neath (A465T) Road Tunnel (western end); ¾ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

 
 
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[Vale of Neath Railway] The Vale of Neath Railway was a broad gauge railway company, that built a line from Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare to Neath, in Wales, chiefly to transport [A55 road] of an immersed tube tunnel, the first of its kind constructed in the United Kingdom. At 1060m, the tunnel is the longest road tunnel in Wales. The decision [M4 motorway] 2016. "The M4 Motorway (Junction 41, Westbound Exit Slip Road, Sunnycroft Roundabout, Baglan, Neath Port Talbot) (50 MPH Speed Limit) Regulations 2010" (PDF) [A4232 road] Viaduct), 1 tunnel (Queen's Gate Tunnel) and 2 spur roads (Cogan Spur and Central Link Road). The road has many grade separated interchanges. The road was conceived [Trunk roads in Wales] Holyhead to Chester Trunk Road". North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent. Retrieved 9 March 2016. "The Neath–Abergavenny Trunk Road (A465) (Improvement from Aberdulais [A40 road] Abergavenny is the A40 junction with the Heads of the Valleys road, (A465) and the A4042. Now the A465 becomes the primary route between the Midlands to the South [Margam Knuckle Yard] v t e Transport in Neath Port Talbot county borough Road M4 motorway European route E30 A48 road A465 road A474 road A483 road A4063 road A4107 road A4067 [Bristol Temple Meads railway station] extended to Paddington on 30 June 1841 following the completion of Box Tunnel. A few weeks before the start of the services to Paddington the Bristol [South Wales Main Line] calling at Bristol Parkway, after which the line continues through the Severn Tunnel into South Wales. Great Western Railway operates British Rail Class 800 [List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2013] Chargeable Gains (Gilt-edged Securities) Order A465 Trunk Road (Saltings Viaduct, Neath Interchange, Neath Port Talbot) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles)
 
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