M9 motorway
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| M9 motorway | |
| Length | 33.0 miles 53.1 km |
| Direction | Southeast - Northwest |
| Start | Ratho |
| Primary destinations | Forth Road Bridge Kincardine Bridge Stirling |
| End | Dunblane |
| Construction dates | 1968 - 1980 |
| Motorways joined |  M8 motorway 7 -  M876 motorway 8 - M876 motorway 9 -  M80 motorway |
The M9 motorway 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.
Route
The road is approximately 30 miles 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 - however it is only half finished, dumping its traffic onto the badly overloaded A8000 road two miles short of the bridge. The spur is being extended to the A90 dual carriageway as it approaches the bridge so as to releave congestion. The project is due for completion early 2008.
The road shares space with one mile of the M876 en route to the Kincardine Bridge east of Stenhousemuir. At Stirling it meets the M80, taking over the main route to the final roundabout at Dunblane. From there, the A9 runs all the way to Thurso.
Junction list
| M9 Motorway
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| Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits
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| Start of Motorway | Terminus | M8: Junction 2 Glasgow, Livingstone, Edinburgh
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| A8:Edinburgh A89:Broxburn | 1 | A8:Edinburgh A89:Broxburn
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| A90: Forth Road Bridge | 1A | No Access
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| No Access | 2 | B8046: Uphall and Kincardine Bridge A904: Forth Road Bridge
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| A803: Linlithgow A904: Bo'Ness | 3 | No Access
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| A801: Bathgate and Livingstone A803: Polmont | 4 | A801: Bathgate and Livingstone A803: Linlithgow B9080: Kirkliston
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| A905: Grangemouth and Falkirk | 5 | A905: Grangemouth and Bo'ness
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| No Access | 6 | A905: Grangemouth and Falkirk
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| M876: Kincardine Bridge | 7 | M876: Kincardine Bridge
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| M876: Glasgow | 8 | No Access
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| A91: Stirling M80: Glasgow and Carlisle Stirling Services | 9 | A872: Denny Stirling Services
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| A84: Stirling, Callander, Crianlarich | 10 | A84: Stirling via the
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| A9: Perth and Bridge of Allan B824: Doune B8033: Dunblane End of Motorway | 11 | Start of Motorway |
See also
List of motorways in the United KingdomExternal links
- [CBRD Motorway Database - M9]
- [City of Edinburgh Council Leaflet (PDF)]
- [Forth Estuary Transport Authority Project Page]
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