M8 motorway

M8 motorway in the UK
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Basic data
Operator:	Transport Scotland
Overall length:	97 km (60.3  mi )
Countries :	Scotland
The M8 at Firth of Clyde across from Dumbarton just before the west end
Course of the road Edinburgh Continue on  Edinburgh Start of the Autobahn (1)  City bypass , city center (2)  Forth Road Bridge , Stirling ( ) West Lothian (3)  Livingston (3A)  Bathgate, Broxburn Livingston (4)  Bathgate, Whitburn , Falkirk North Lanarkshire Heart of Scotland (Harthill) (5)  Shotts , Harthill B7075 (6)  Airdrie , Lanark , Motherwell , Wishaw B3349 End of the Autobahn, continued as (-)  Newhouse, Chapelhall, Holytown, Calderbank B799 B802 (-)  Eurocentral (-)  Belshill, Coatbridge, East Kilbride , Carlisle B7070 (-)  Uddingston, Gartcosh Glasgow Beginning of the Autobahn, beginning of the (8th)  Carlisle, Glasgow, The NORTH ( ) (9)  Springhill, Baillieston ( HAS Greenock) (10)  Easterhouse, Barlanark (11)  Garthamlock, Queenslie, Stepps B765 (12)  Riddrie, Stepps (13)  Stirling, Kincardine Bridge, Blochairn, Parkhead (14)  Blochairn, Dennistoun B763 (HAS Greenock) (15)  Cathedral , Glasgow Cross, Kirkintilloch , Springburn (16)  Aberfoyle, George Square (HAS Edinburgh) (17)  Dumbarton (exit towards Greenock) (18)  Charing Cross, Kelvingrove (17)  Dumbarton, Aberfoyle (exit towards Edinburgh) (18)  Anderston, Charing Cross, City Center (HAS Greenock) (19)  Clyde Bank, SECC (HAS Greenock) Kingston Bridge ( Clyde ) (20)  East Kilbride , City Center (HAS Edinburgh) (21)  East Kilbride, Carlisle, Tradeston ( ABG Greenock) (21)  Kinning Park, Kilmarnock , Greenock ( ) (HAS Greenock) (22)  Kilmarnock, Prestwick Airport ( ) (ABG Edinburgh) (23)  Govan B765 (no entry towards Edinburgh) (24)  Govan, paisley (25)  Clyde tunnel (25A)  Braehead (HAS Edinburgh) (26)  Govan, Hillington, Renfrew Renfrewshire (27)  Paisley, Renfrew White Cart Water (28)  Glasgow Airport (HAS Edinburgh) (28A)  Irvine (HAS Edinburgh) (29)  Glasgow Airport, Paisley, Irvine (30)  Erskine Bridge , Erskine (31)  Bishopton End of the highway Continue on  Port Glasgow , Greenock

The M8 motorway ( English for, M8 ') in Scotland linking Edinburgh with Glasgow .

The Kingston Bridge in Glasgow, part of the city route

The M8 motorway begins on the Edinburgh bypass A720. At the following motorway triangle the M9 branches off towards Stirling. The M73 , M80 and M77 connect as it runs through Glasgow , the Kingston Bridge crosses the River Clyde near the city center, and then the M74 joins at a fork in the motorway. West of Glasgow, the M898 crosses the Clyde on the Erskine Bridge as a short cross-link to the A82 . The M8 as a motorway ends about 10 miles before Greenock , the four-lane road that continues there is called the A8.

Between Airdrie and Baillieston shortly before Glasgow, the continuous connection had only expressway status until 2017 and was referred to as the A8. The gap between Airdrie and Baillieston was closed on April 30, 2017, and since then there has been a continuous motorway link between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-39762350

Web links

Commons : M8 motorway  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• M8 on cbrd.co.uk