M8 motorway (Scotland)

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The M8 motorway (English for, M8 motorway ' ) in Scotland, connecting Edinburgh to Glasgow.

The M8 motorway starts at the ring road of Edinburgh A720. The next Autobahndreieck the M9 towards Stirling branches. Between Airdrie and Glasgow Baillieston shortly before has a universal connection only expressway status and is referred to as A8. In the course of Glasgow close to the M73, M80 and M77, near the city center crossing the Kingston Bridge the River Clyde. West crossing of Glasgow as a short link road to the A82, the M898 motorway on the Erskine Bridge the Clyde. The M8 motorway ends than about 10 miles from Greenock, the continuing four-lane road will be there again called A8.

The Scottish Government is currently planning to close the gap between Airdrie and Baillieston, so there is a continuous motorway link between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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