WELCOME TO THE SITE

Welcome to Glasgows-Motorways.co.uk - the only website dedicated to the history and development of the motorways of the Greater Glasgow area. All the major routes are covered - the M8, M74, M77, M80, M73 - with a few other roads and major bridges thrown in for good measure. Eventually each motorway will have a dedicated page which will be made up of historic profiles, timelines, images and videos.

The site aims to bring the most accurate information available and act as a reliable reference! Countless hours have been spent scouring through archives, records and photographs. Extensive interviews have been conducted with one of the men who worked at the heart of the Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick team responsible for a "Highway Plan for Glasgow" published in 1965. Indeed you will find a whole section of this site dedicated to that historic plan and of the recommendations contained within it. Many publications on the Glasgow motorways in recent years have contained incorrect information - this site aims to set the record straight! Detailed coverage and analysis of current and future projects is also provided with a look at schemes such as the M74 and M80 Completion projects. Particular attention will be paid to Glasgow's unique overhead sign gantries and indepth articles detailing their design and special features will be available shortly. As we enter an unprecedented period of public spending cuts some analysis will be provided on the likely effects on transport and road condition.

Please feel free to email us at admin@glasgows-motorways.co.uk. You can also view our videos on Youtube and images on Flickr. By clicking the "join" tab at the bottom of the page you can connect to the site and receive regular updates and news about the site.

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LATEST TRANSPORT NEWS

PHASE 2 OF GLASGOW’S “EAST END REGENERATION ROUTE” OPEN APRIL 26TH. ROUTE NUMBERED AS A728 & RENAMED AS “THE CLYDE GATEWAY”

Phase 2 of Glasgow City Council’s East End Regeneration Route opened to traffic on Thursday April 26th after a construction period of almost two years. The current phase of the route, which is the longest, will connect the end of Phase 1 at Shawfield Stadium with the Gallowgate at the end of the Parkhead Bypass. Constructed mainly as a wide four lane single carriageway at a cost of £25million, the route will connect the M74 at Polmadie with the site of the Commonwealth Games and Celtic Park. The project which forms a part of the Clyde Gateway Initiative is designed to improve vehicular access to the East End of the city as well as pedestrian and cycle facilities ahead of the games in 2014. Inward investment is expected to follow. The project was combined with the Camlachie Burn flood alleviation scheme to prevent future flooding to areas that were badly hit in 2002. On announcing an opening date Glasgow City Council revealed that the route will officially be named “Clyde Gateway” and numbered A728.

Only phase 3 of the route is still to be constructed. This will link the Parkhead Bypass with the M8 and M80 at Provan Gas Works and will be procured after the Commonwealth Games. The total cost of the scheme is £85-90million. On completion road users will be able to travel from the M74 J1A to the M8 and M80 without having to wind and weave through the East End. The line of phase 3 runs along a route originally envisaged as the “East Link Motorway” which was to have interchanged with the M74 (Hamilton Motorway proposal) and South Link Motorways as well as with the M77 at J1 and the M8 at J25.