Original Severn Bridge

The Severn Bridge (Welsh: Pont Hafren) is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the River Severn and River Wye between Aust, South Gloucestershire in England, and Chepstow, Monmouthshire in South East Wales, via Beachley, Gloucestershire, which is a peninsula between the two rivers. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and Wales, and took three-and-a-half years to construct at a cost of £8 million. It replaced the Aust Ferry.

The bridge was opened on 8 September 1966, by Queen Elizabeth II. For thirty years, the bridge carried the M4 motorway. The bridge was granted Grade I listed status on 26 November 1999.[6]

Upon the completion of the Second Severn Crossing (also known as the Prince of Wales Bridge), the motorway from Olveston in England to Magor in Wales was renamed the M48.