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| road= A8
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| direction= East-West
| start= [[Edinburgh]]
| destinations= [[Glasgow]]
| end= [[Greenock]]
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| euroroute= {{european route number small sign|05}} {{european route number small sign|15}} {{european route number small sign|16}}
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The '''A8''' is a major road in [[Scotland]], connecting [[Edinburgh]] to [[Greenock]] via [[Glasgow]]. Its importance diminished following the construction of the [[M8 motorway]] which covers much of the route between Edinburgh and Glasgow (though with interruption).


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==Route and relationship to M8==
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The A8 begins at the "West End" of Edinburgh, in its [[New Town, Edinburgh|New Town]] &mdash; roads in Scotland are said to "begin" from the end nearest the capital. The road originally also included [[Princes Street]], but this stretch was declassified, as Princes Street is no longer open to all traffic.
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The road continues westwards through into the suburbs of the city past affluent areas of [[Murrayfield]] and [[Corstorphine]], often with an accompanying bus lane. Only once the road reaches the [[A720 road|A720 City Bypass]] does it become a [[primary route]], leading out past the [[Royal Highland Showground]] at [[Ingliston]], and [[Edinburgh Airport]].
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At [[Newbridge, Edinburgh|Newbridge]], the A8 meets the start of the M8 and [[M9 motorway|M9]] motorways. From here the A8 is interrupted; it has been renumbered [[A89 road|A89]] until [[Bathgate]], [[A7066 road|A7066]] to [[Whitburn, West Lothian|Whitburn]] and then [[List of B roads in Great Britain|B7066]] until the A8 resumes at [[Newhouse, North Lanarkshire|Newhouse]] &mdash; precisely where the eastern part of the M8 ends at its Junction 6.
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Until Junction 8, the A8 is a dual-carriageway, though not at full motorway standard. After Junction 8 it diverges from the M8 which resumes a course for central Glasgow.
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The A8 now winds through suburban [[Baillieston]], [[Easterhouse]] and [[Dennistoun]] under a 30 mph restriction (often as a three-lane dual-carriageway) into the city centre, and then splits for the complex one-way system, recombining before crossing the [[River Clyde|Clyde]] near [[Gorbals|The Gorbals]], from where it leads out of town past [[Ibrox stadium]] and through [[Renfrew, Scotland|Renfrew]], passing to the rear of [[Glasgow International Airport]] at [[Inchinnan]], constantly close to the M8 until it meets it again at its western end, Junction 31 near [[Bishopton, Renfrewshire|Bishopton]].
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The A8 becomes the primary route again and takes traffic past [[Port Glasgow]]. Its terminus is in Greenock at a large [[roundabout]] with the [[A78 road]] and the A770 to [[Gourock]], which was the former terminus of the A8.
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==Euroroute designations==
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Three short stretches of the A8 are part of three different [[International E-road network|Euroroute]]s, as follows:
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* The stretch from the western end of the M8 into Greenock is part of the [[European route E5|E05]].
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* Between M8 Junctions 6 and 7 is part of the [[European route E16|E16]].
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* A very short stretch linking the [[A720 road|A720]] and [[A902 road|A902]] is part of the [[European route E15|E15]].
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==External links==
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*[http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/roadlists/f99/8.shtml Society for All British Road Enthusiasts entry for the A8]
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*[http://www.road-to-nowhere.co.uk/route-guides/A8.htm Road to Nowhere - A8]
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{{UK primary routes 8}}
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