A70 road
| A70 road in the UK | |
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| Start of the street: | Edinburgh |
| End of street: | Ayr |
| Overall length: | 119.6 km (74.3 mi ) |
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| The A70 at Crosswood Hill Farm (photo 2006) | |
The A70 road ( English for road A70 ) is a nearly 120 km long, not designated as a primary route road in Scotland, which connects Edinburgh with Ayr on the west coast.
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The road starts in the Scottish capital Edinburgh and leads in a south-westerly direction via the A720 road , which has been developed with separate lanes, initially to Currie . It continues through the Pentland Hills to Carnwath , where it crosses the A721 road and heads west with it for around 5 km. It then turns to the southwest and crosses the A73 road at Hyndford Bridge. At Happendon, it crosses the M74 motorway at its junction 12 and continues to the west-south-west via Muirkirk and to the junction with the A76 road at Holmhead . The rest of the route follows a westerly direction and leads via Ochiltree and Hillhead to the A77 road, which bypasses the city of Ayr to the east, and finally into the center of Ayr, where it ends.