A749 road (Great Britain)
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| South end: |
East Kilbride 55°46′33″N 4°09′48″W / 55.7759°N 4.1633°W |
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Glasgow 55°51′23″N 4°14′38″W / 55.8564°N 4.2438°W |
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East Kilbride Nerston Rutherglen Glasgow |
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The A749 road connects East Kilbride with Glasgow City Centre.
The road starts off at a roundabout called "The Whirlies", with a junction for the A725 road, starting as a dual carriageway. Running north it meets another roundabout for the A749 spur which leads onto the A725 road. The road continues past the Kingsgate Retail Park (Nerston) and the junction for the road to the Stewartfield district. After a traffic light junction the road becomes National Speed Limit descending down a long hill towards Rutherglen offering panoramic views over Greater Glasgow.
Around two miles north-west there is a grade separated staggered junction for the B759 road to Cambuslang/Kirkhill and Carmunnock and the road reduces to a 40-mile-per-hour speed limit. The junction can be dangerous due to the speeds involved, and the fact that the traffic for Cambuslang queues in the fast lane at busy times and crosses the southbound lanes, as does traffic from the B road onto the northbound carriageway. Fatalities have occurred and the construction of a new residential development in the adjacent fields led to safety measures being proposed in 2017.
The road continues after another roundabout where an unclassified road for Cathkin joins. The road continues for another brief spell as a 40-mile-per-hour dual carriageway passing the Springhall and Whitlawburn housing schemes.
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