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19-680: It was formerly known as the A8000 , when it was the main road from the bridge to the M9 motorway and the M8 motorway . The A8000 was under the control of the City of Edinburgh Council , not a Trunk Road under the control of the Scottish Executive . Despite this, it was one of the most important strategic routes in the east of Scotland, carrying traffic from Fife, and further north, to the central Scotland motorway network, and

38-616: A spur of the M9, at the Humbie roundabout. The roundabout has now gone and the M9 spur, now redesignated as M90 , passes overhead. The Scottish Executive and FETA (Forth Estuary Transport Authority) jointly agreed to fund a replacement of this road. The new road is built along a completely new route, extending the current M9 spur for about 3 km to a new north-facing junction on the A90 near Dalmeny. Following extensive ground stabilisation work, construction of

57-535: 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 25 miles (40 km) 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

76-520: Is a major motorway in Scotland. It runs from the outskirts of Edinburgh , bypassing the towns of Linlithgow , Falkirk , Grangemouth and Stirling to end at Dunblane . The first section was Polmont and Falkirk Bypass which opened on 28 August 1968 This was followed by the Newbridge Bypass which opened on 25 November 1970, the third section Lathalllan to Muriehall ( Linlithgow ), which joined

95-669: Is with the M90 , the first part of which used to be a spur of the M9 towards the Forth Road Bridge . This spur ended at the single carriageway A8000 road 2 miles (3.2 km) short of the bridge, but was extended in September 2007 to meet the A90 at Scotstoun. The road shares space with 1 mile (1.6 km) of the M876 en route to the Kincardine Bridge east of Stenhousemuir , at this point

114-537: The A803 , the road rejoins the older section of the M80 (opened in 1974 ) and runs for about 1 mile (1.6 km) until it meets the M876 for traffic towards the Kincardine Bridge . The M80 then continues north, passing to the west of Denny and after 5 miles (8.0 km) meets a junction with the A91 (the same roundabout interchange also hosts Stirling Services ) and then merges into

133-499: The City of Edinburgh Bypass . During the morning and evening rush hours it was often jammed nose-to-tail for its entire length. It was replaced in this function in September 2007, when a new section of the M9 which bypasses the B800 was completed. During September 2009 signs amending the numbering of the A8000 to the B800 appeared at the start of the former A8000 and on the northbound slip road of

152-616: The A90 at the Echline junction. From the north, the B800 leaves the A9000 (formerly part of the A90 ) just south of the Forth Road Bridge at Echline Roundabout and heads east to Ferry Muir Roundabout. This busy junction provides access to South Queensferry and a retail park . From Ferry Muir, the road curves south, back over the A9000 and A90, then continues for about 1.5 miles where it previously met

171-501: The M9 Spur Extension started on 17 May 2006 and the new road opened to traffic, initially in a southbound direction only, on 5 September 2007, a month ahead of schedule. 55°58′56″N 3°23′46″W  /  55.98232°N 3.3962°W  / 55.98232; -3.3962 This Scotland road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . M9 motorway (Scotland) The M9

190-411: The M9 just outside Stirling at Bannockburn . The M80 Stepps to Haggs Completion Project connected the two-halves of the current motorway via an online upgrade of the existing A80, passing through Cumbernauld and Auchenkilns, and the offline creation of new motorway from Stepps to Mollinsburn . Although various plans were considered from the 1970s to 1990s to connect the two sections of motorway, it

209-711: The motorway has 3 lanes in each direction, making it the most northerly stretch of motorway in the UK to be 3 lanes wide. At Stirling it meets the M80 (junction 9 of both motorways), taking over the main route through the Carse of Lecropt to the final roundabout at Dunblane. From there, the A9 runs all the way to Thurso . Moto services are located at the M9/M80 junction, accessed via a roundabout which allows access to all routes. M80 motorway The M80

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228-457: The new section, completed in 2011. The Stepps to Haggs section was completed in September 2011, completing the M80 route. A short section of offline upgrade takes the route from the former terminus at junction 3 (Stepps), to a new junction with the M73. After this, the route follows an on-line upgrade of the former A80 through Cumbernauld. It is mainly two-lane dual carriageway. At the junction with

247-632: The online upgrade of the A80 between Mollinsburn and Auchenkilns, with the attendant upgrade of adjoining on-slip and off-slip roads, meeting the Auchenkilns Interchange. The interchange was opened in November 2005 after the online grade separation of the Auchenkilns Roundabout from the line of the dual carriageway created a grade separated dumbbell interchange , linking the A80 (and subsequently

266-465: The two together opened on 18 December 1972. In April 2022, work began on a new junction at Winchburgh . Winchburgh Developments contributed £40 million towards the construction cost. The road is approximately 30 miles (48 km) long, and runs in a roughly north-west direction from the M8 . It meets the A8 at Newbridge – a traffic blackspot before the junction was grade separated . Its next junction

285-617: The village of Haggs to the M9 near Stirling, opened in 1974, followed in 1992 by the section from the M8 to the 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. This section of road

304-468: Was completed in September 2011. The upgrade plans were set into three discrete phases. Phase one involved the creation of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of road from Stepps, routing north of Muirhead , Moodiesburn and Chryston , and meeting the line of the existing A80 at Mollinsburn with the construction of a new interchange, connecting the M80 with the M73 and the western section of the A80. Phase two required

323-580: Was not chosen as it would have breached the Antonine Wall and destroyed the Castlecary Roman fort ; instead the online upgrade of the A80 through Cumbernauld was selected. Originally budgeted to cost £130–180   million, but as of August 2010 was estimated to cost £320   million, preparatory works were started in November 2008, and construction work began in January 2009. The project

342-546: Was not until 2003 that a definitive timeline for proposing, developing and executing a completion plan was announced. Two routes were proposed for development: the so-called Kelvin Valley route, which would create a bypass to the north of the existing line of the A80, and the "online" upgrade of the existing A80 to motorway grade. In October 2005, the project was put to a public inquiry, which ended in August 2006. The Kelvin Valley route

361-623: Was originally envisioned during the M8's construction in the 1960s, but was not realised until 1992, and is also known as the 'Stepps Bypass'. It begins at M8 junction 13 in the Glasgow suburb of Blochairn. Construction began in 1990, starting with the demolition of the notorious Blackhill housing estate which stood in the path of the motorway. It runs to the north of Stepps, under the Cumbernauld Railway Line with exits for Bishopbriggs , Lenzie and Kirkintilloch , where it continues onto

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