- M9 motorway
UK motorway routebox
motorway= M9
length-mi= 33.0
length-km= 53.1
direction= Southeast - Northwest
start= Newbridge
destinations=Forth Road Bridge Kincardine Bridge Stirling
end=Dunblane ,(A9)
opening-date= 1968
completion-date=1980
junctions=:"The M9 motorway is also the name of roads in Russia (see
Baltic Highway ), Pakistan (see M9 motorway), and Ireland (see here)."The M9 motorway is a major
motorway inScotland . It runs from the outskirts ofEdinburgh , bypassing the towns ofLinlithgow ,Falkirk ,Grangemouth andStirling to end atDunblane .Route
The road is approximately convert|30|mi|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 is a motorway spur towards the
Forth Road Bridge . This spur has recently been extended, and since September 2007 now meets the A90 at Scotstoun, instead of ending at the single carriagewayA8000 road two miles (3 km) short of the bridge.The road shares space with one mile (1.6 km) of the M876 en route to the
Kincardine Bridge east ofStenhousemuir , at this point 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, taking over the main route through the Carse of Lecropt to the final roundabout at Dunblane. From there, the A9 runs all the way toThurso . Moto services are located at the M9/M80 junction, accessed via a roundabout which allows access to all routes.Junctions
ee also
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List of motorways in the United Kingdom External links
* [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m9/ CBRD Motorway Database - M9]
* [http://download.edinburgh.gov.uk/traffic/A8000_upgrade.pdf City of Edinburgh Council Leaflet (PDF)]
* [http://www.feta.gov.uk/webpages/tprojects1.php Forth Estuary Transport Authority Project Page]
* [http://www.iht.org/motorway/m9edinstir.htm The Motorway Archive - M9]
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