The Port Talbot bypass opened 50 years ago today. Originally running from Taibach, Margam to Baglan, east of Briton Ferry, the A48(M) was the first major dual carriageway to be created on stilts and embankments through a built up area. The cost was £5.06M for just over four miles and that was a record for a road scheme of its day when typical costs were about £250,000 per motorway … [Read more...]