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M74 motorway

M74 shield

M74
Route information
Part of Tabliczka E05.svg E05
Length: 40 mi (60 km)
Existed: 1966 – present
History: Constructed 1966–2011
Major junctions
North end: Tradeston
55°51′14″N 4°16′13″W / 55.85383°N 4.270399°W / 55.85383; -4.270399 (M74 motorway (northern end))
  Junction 1.svgUK-Motorway-M8.svg
J1 → M8 motorway
Junction 4.svg UK-Motorway-M73.svg
J4 → M73 motorway
Junction 13.svg UK-Motorway-A74 (M).svg
J13 → A74(M) motorway
South end: Abington
55°30′24″N 3°41′51″W / 55.5067°N 3.6974°W / 55.5067; -3.6974 (M74 motorway (southern end))
Location
Primary
destinations
:
Glasgow, Hamilton, East Kilbride
Road network

A74(M) shield

A74(M)
Route information
Part of Tabliczka E05.svg E05
Length: 45 mi (72 km)
Existed: 1991 – present
History: Constructed 1991–1999
Major junctions
From: Abington
(See M74 above.)
  Junction 13.svg UK-Motorway-M74.svg
J13 → M74 motorway
Junction 22.svg UK-Motorway-M6.svg
J22 → M6 motorway
To: Longtown
54°59′51″N 3°03′22″W / 54.9975°N 3.0562°W / 54.9975; -3.0562 (A74(M) motorway (southern end))
Location
Primary
destinations
:
Dumfries, Carlisle
Road network

M74 shield

A74(M) shield

The A74(M) and M74 form a major motorway in the United Kingdom, mainly in Scotland, with a short section extending over the border into England. Following an extension opened on 28 June 2011, they connect the M8 motorway west of Glasgow to the English border at Gretna, creating a route from the south to the west of the city. In conjunction with the M6 motorway, they form one of the two major cross-border routes between Scotland and England. They are part of the unsigned international E-road network E05. Although the entire route is usually referred to as the M74, more than half of its length is officially the A74(M); see naming confusion below.

From its junction with the M8 just south of the Kingston Bridge, the newest section passes through the Glasgow districts of Govanhill, Polmadie, Oatlands and parts of the nearby towns of Rutherglen and Cambuslang on an elevated embankment, with junctions at Kingston, Polmadie Road, Cambuslang and Tollcross before connecting to the pre-existing M74. It then runs in a roughly south-easterly direction past the Clyde Valley towns of Bothwell, Hamilton and Motherwell before meeting the cross-country A71 at Larkhall. It passes west of Lanark and beyond Abington, where it changes into the A74(M) and then goes to Moffat and Lockerbie, before making an end-on connection with the M6, near Longtown.


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