Avonmouth

Avonmouth is a suburb of Bristol, England. The town lies at the mouth of the River Avon on its north bank and on the Bristol Channel. The town is the location of a large port, which replaced the Port of Bristol. The Royal Portbury Dock, part of the same complex, is on the other side of the Avon. Avonmouth contains a very high concentration of industrial manufacturing plants.

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The town lies on the M5 motorway, and the Avonmouth Bridge carries the motorway over the Avon on the southern side of the town. The M49 motorway runs between the M5 near Avonmouth and the M4 motorway at the Second Severn Crossing . The old Severn Bridge and the M48 motorway are linked to Avonmouth by the A403.

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Bristol: :This article is about the English city of Bristol. For other uses please see Bristol (disambiguation)....

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....

River Avon: Avon means "river". "River Avon" in England therefore, literally means "River River" as does "Afon Afan" (River Afan) in Welsh....