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M8 Motorway (Scotland)
The M8 is the busiest motorway in Scotland and one of the busiest in the United Kingdom. It connects the country's two largest cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and serves other large communities including Airdrie, Coatbridge, Greenock, Livingston and Paisley. The motorway is long. A major construction project to build the final section between Newhouse and Baillieston was completed on 30 April 2017. The motorway has one service station, Heart of Scotland Services, previously named Harthill due to its proximity to the village. History With the advent of motorway-building in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s, the M8 was planned as one of a core of new motorways, designed to replace the A8 road as a high-capacity alternative for intercity travel. The motorway was constructed piecemeal in several stages bypassing towns, beginning in 1965 with the opening by Minister of State for Scotland George Willis of the bypass of Harthill. In 1968 the Renfrew Bypass was opened as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charing Cross, Glasgow
Charing Cross is a major road junction in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde at the intersection of Sauchiehall Street, St George's Road, Woodlands Road, North Street and Newton Street, as well as being at a major interchange of the M8 motorway. Taking its name originally from a block of tenements named Charing Cross Place built in the 1850s, which continue at the south-west corner with North Street, the junction of Sauchiehall Street was formed as part of the original development of Blythswood Hill including Blythswood Square, St George's Road and North Street becoming known as Charing Cross, linking the city centre and the new West End, commencing at Woodlands and Sandyford. Much of its architecture was destroyed when the motorway was built through it in the late 1960s, notably the Grand Hotel at its heart. It still marks the boundary between the City Centre and the West End of the city. There are ornate red sandstone tenement blocks da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Junction may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Junction'' (film), a 2012 American film * Jjunction, a 2002 Indian film * Junction (album), a 1976 album by Andrew Cyrille * Junction (EP), by Basement Jaxx, 2002 * Junction (manga), or ''Hot Tails'' * ''Junction'' (video game), 1990 * Junction Theatre Company, in South Australia (1984–2002) * Junction system, a feature of video game '' Final Fantasy VIII'' Science and technology * Cell junction, a class of cellular structures in biology * Electrical junction, a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact * Junction (hackathon), an event in Helsinki, Finland * Junctions, a construct of Raku (programming language) Transport * Junction (traffic), a location where traffic can change between different routes ** Road junction ** Junction (rail) ** Junction (canal) * Junctions (software), a traffic simulation software package Places in the United States * Junction, California, now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M77 Motorway
The M77 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. It begins in Glasgow at the M8 motorway at Kinning Park, and terminates near Kilmarnock at Fenwick, becoming the A77 dual carriageway. Changes were made in 2005 segregating a lane on the M8 motorway almost as far as the Kingston Bridge, which in January 2006 was extended further onto the bridge itself. It forms the most northerly part of the A77 trunk road which links Glasgow to Stranraer in the South West of Scotland. (The A77 itself continues to Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway.) History The original M77 was a short spur route which took traffic from the M8 motorway in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow, ending at a roundabout on Dumbreck Road close to Bellahouston Park, although prior to this there had been an unused spur running to roughly Ibrox telephone exchange on Gower Street. A large number of accidents and pollution problems caused in the suburban towns of Giffnock and Newton Mearns by commuter traffic an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Junction may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Junction'' (film), a 2012 American film * Jjunction, a 2002 Indian film * Junction (album), a 1976 album by Andrew Cyrille * Junction (EP), by Basement Jaxx, 2002 * Junction (manga), or ''Hot Tails'' * ''Junction'' (video game), 1990 * Junction Theatre Company, in South Australia (1984–2002) * Junction system, a feature of video game ''Final Fantasy VIII'' Science and technology * Cell junction, a class of cellular structures in biology * Electrical junction, a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact * Junction (hackathon), an event in Helsinki, Finland * Junctions, a construct of Raku (programming language) Transport * Junction (traffic), a location where traffic can change between different routes ** Road junction ** Junction (rail) ** Junction (canal) * Junctions (software), a traffic simulation software package Places in the United States * Junction, California, now Rosevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M74 Motorway
The A74(M) and M74 form a major motorway in Scotland, connecting it to England. The routes connect the M8 motorway in central Glasgow to the Scottish-English border at Gretna. In conjunction with their southward continuation, the M6 motorway, they form one of the three major cross-border routes between Scotland and England. They are part of the unsigned international E-road network E05. Although the entire route is colloquially referred to as the M74, for more than half its length, south of Abington, the road is officially the A74(M); see ''naming confusion'' below. Route From its junction with the M8 just south of the Kingston Bridge, the newest section passes through the Glasgow districts of Govanhill, Polmadie, Oatlands and parts of the nearby towns of Rutherglen and Cambuslang, on an elevated embankment, with junctions at Kingston, Polmadie Road, Eastfield and Tollcross before connecting to the much older section of the M74. It then runs in a roughly south-easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Junction may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Junction'' (film), a 2012 American film * Jjunction, a 2002 Indian film * Junction (album), a 1976 album by Andrew Cyrille * Junction (EP), by Basement Jaxx, 2002 * Junction (manga), or ''Hot Tails'' * ''Junction'' (video game), 1990 * Junction Theatre Company, in South Australia (1984–2002) * Junction system, a feature of video game ''Final Fantasy VIII'' Science and technology * Cell junction, a class of cellular structures in biology * Electrical junction, a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact * Junction (hackathon), an event in Helsinki, Finland * Junctions, a construct of Raku (programming language) Transport * Junction (traffic), a location where traffic can change between different routes ** Road junction ** Junction (rail) ** Junction (canal) * Junctions (software), a traffic simulation software package Places in the United States * Junction, California, now Rosevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M80 Motorway
The M80 is a motorway in Scotland's central belt, running between Glasgow and Stirling via Cumbernauld and Denny and linking the M8, M73 and M9 motorways. Following completion in 2011, the motorway is long. Despite being only a two lane motorway, parts of the M80 Stepps Bypass are used by around 60,000 vehicles per day. The M80 was constructed in three sections. The first section, from the village of Haggs to the M9 near Stirling, opened in 1974, followed in 1992 by the section from the M8 to the small town of Stepps. The section from Stepps to Haggs was completed in September 2011, though it partially opened in February 2011 when the Moodiesburn bypass, from Stepps to the M73 at Mollinsburn, was completed; the section of the A80 from Mollinsburn to Haggs was then upgraded. Route M8 to Stepps (Junctions 1 to 3) This section of road was originally envisioned during the M8's construction in the 1960s, but was not realised until 1992, and is also known as the 'Stepps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
