M8 motorway (Scotland) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
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Looking eastbound from Charing Cross
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| Route information | ||||
Part of  E05 and  E16 |
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| Maintained by Transport Scotland | ||||
| Length | 60.3 mi (97.0 km) | |||
| Existed | 1965–present | |||
| History | Opened: 1965 Completed: 2017 |
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| Major junctions | ||||
| East end | Sighthill 55°55′28″N 3°18′46″W / 55.9244°N 3.3128°W |
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  J2 → M9 motorway   /.svg){kind=small} J8 → M73 motorway/A8(M) motorway   J13 → M80 motorway   J21 → M74 motorway   J22 → M77 motorway   J30 → M898 motorway |
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| West end | Langbank 55°55′24″N 4°33′01″W / 55.9234°N 4.5504°W |
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| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Edinburgh, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire | |||
| Primary destinations: |
Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport Livingston Glasgow Paisley Glasgow Airport Greenock |
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→The M8 is a motorway in Scotland. It is very busy, and connects the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is about 60 miles (97 km) long.
Junctions
| M8 motorway | ||
| Eastbound exits | Junction | Westbound exits |
| M8 now terminates Edinburgh City Bypass A720 Berwick upon Tweed (A1) Edinburgh City Centre A71 |
J1 (Hermiston Gait) | Start of motorway |
| Edinburgh Airport, Stirling, Queensferry Crossing (M90) M9 | J2 (Newbridge) | Stirling, Queensferry Crossing (M90) M9 |
| Livingston A899 | J3 (Livingston) | Livingston A899 |
| Bathgate, Broxburn, Livingston (West) (A779) A89 | J3a (Bathgate) | Bathgate, Broxburn, Livingston (West) (A89) A779 |
| Bathgate, Whitburn, Falkirk A801 | J4 (Whitburn) | Bathgate, Whitburn, Falkirk A801 |
| Whitburn, Heartlands (B7066) | J4a (Heartlands) | Whitburn, Heartlands (B7066) |
| Harthill services | ||
| Shotts, Harthill, Salsburgh (B7066) B7057 | J5 (Harthill) | Shotts, Harthill, Salsburgh (B7066) B7057 |
| No access | J6 (Newhouse) | Airdrie, Lanark, Motherwell, Wishaw, Eurocentral (A723) A73 |
| Lanark, Wishaw, Motherwell, Airdrie A8 (A73) | J6a (Chapelhall) | No access |
| Eurocentral | J7 (Eurocentral) | No access |
| No access | J7a (Shawhead) | Carlisle (M74), East Kilbride, Bellshill A725 |
| Carlisle (M74) M73
Coatbridge A89 |
J8 (Ballieston) | Carlisle (M74), Glasgow (South), Glasgow Airport M73, Glasgow (East) A8 |
| Baillieston | J9 (Easterhouse) | No access |
| Easterhouse, Barlanark | J10 (Bartiebeith) | Easterhouse, Baillieston |
| Garthamlock, Queenslie B765 | J11 (Stepps) | Stepps, Queenslie B765 |
| Riddrie, Stepps A80 | J12 (Riddrie) | Riddrie, Stepps A80 |
| Stirling, Kincardine Bridge M80 | J13 (Provan) | Blochairn, Parkhead |
| Blochairn, Dennistoun B763 | J14 (Fruit Market) | No access |
| Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Cross, Kirkintilloch A803 | J15 (Townhead) | Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Cross A803 |
| No access | J16 (Craighall) | Aberfoyle, George Square (A81) |
| Dumbarton A82 | J17 (Great Western Road) | Dumbarton A82 |
| Anderston, Charing Cross (No exit from main carriageway) Glasgow city centre |
J18 (Charing Cross) | Kelvingrove, Charing Cross |
| Clydebank, S.E.C.C. A814 No exit from main carriageway |
J19 (Anderston) | Clydebank, S.E.C.C. A814 |
| No access | J20 (Kingston Bridge) | Tradeston, East Kilbride (A730) |
| Tradeston, East Kilbride (A8, A730) Carlisle M74 |
J21 (Seaward Street) | No access |
| No access | J22 (Plantation) | Kilmarnock, Prestwick Airport M77 |
| No access | J23 (Dumbreck Road) | Govan, Ibrox B768 (only motorists coming from the M74 may use this junction as of September 2011, due to a barrier splitting the 4-lane motorway into 2 segments, with M8 traffic unable to reach the exit slip) |
| Govan, Kilmarnock (M77) A761 | J24 (Helen Street) | Paisley, Bellahouston A761 |
| Clyde Tunnel A739 | J25 (Cardonald) | Clyde Tunnel A739 |
| No access | J25a (Braehead) | Braehead |
| Hillington, Braehead A736 | J26 (Hillington) | Hillington, Renfrew (A8) A736 |
| Paisley, Renfrew A741 | J27 (Arkleston) | Paisley, Renfrew A741 |
| No access | J28 (Glasgow Airport) | Glasgow Airport |
| No access | J28a | Irvine A737 |
| Paisley, Glasgow Airport A726, Irvine A737 | J29 (St James) | Paisley A726 |
| No access | J29a | Bishopton A8 |
| Erskine, Erskine Bridge M898 | J30 (Erskine) | Erskine, Erskine Bridge M898 |
| Start of motorway | J31 (West Ferry) | Bishopton A8 |
| Bishopton A8 Non-motorway traffic |
Road becomes A8 towards Greenock | |
Images for kids
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The M8 south of Broxburn, West Lothian
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Kingston Bridge
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M8 nearing the west terminus of the motorway at Langbank, with views over the Clyde
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Sign at junction 2
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This stub in the Tradeston area, popularly known as the "ski-ramp", is the abandoned interchange for the southern flank of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road
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