The M876 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. The motorway runs from Denny to Airth in the Falkirk council area, forming an approach road to the Kincardine Bridge. It was opened in 1980.
M876 | ||||
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M876 highlighted in blue | ||||
Route information | ||||
Length | 8.0 mi (12.9 km) | |||
Existed | 1980–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
Northeast end | Dennyloanhead | |||
![]() M80 motorway Junction 8 ![]() M9 motorway Junctions 7 and 8 | ||||
Southwest end | Bowtrees near Kincardine Bridge | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Primary destinations | Kincardine Bridge, Falkirk | |||
Road network | ||||
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The road is 8 miles (13 km) long. It begins by turning off junction 8 (formerly junction 5 until 2011) of the M80 and bypasses Falkirk and Stenhousemuir. It is one of only three motorways in the UK which form a concurrency with another motorway, the M9 which it then leaves again and continues for 1 mile (1.6 km) before becoming the A876.[1]
The original Kincardine Bridge was supplemented in 2008 by a second bridge, (the Clackmannanshire Bridge) for traffic towards Alloa. As part of the works, the terminal roundabout Bowtrees Roundabout was replaced with a grade separated junction, and the A876 beyond the junction has been upgraded to dual carriageway standard .
Junctions
editCounty | Location | mi | km | Junction | Destinations | Notes |
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Falkirk | Denny | 0 | 0 | —[coord 1] | M80 - Glasgow, Cumbernauld | Eastbound entrance and Westbound exit only |
2.0 | 3.2 | 1[coord 2] | A833 - Denny, Falkirk | |||
Falkirk | 3.6 | 5.9 | 2[coord 3] | A88 - Stenhousemuir, Larbert; A9 - Stirling |
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5.3 | 8.5 | —[coord 4] | M9 - Stirling | Eastbound entrance and Westbound exit only, begins multiplex with M9 | ||
6.2 | 10.0 | —[coord 5] | M9 - Grangemouth, Falkirk | End of multiplex with M9 | ||
7.6 | 12.1 | 3[coord 6] | A905 - Airth, ; A876 - Kincardine |
End of motorway; continues as A876 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- Coordinate list
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Headline Projects | Transport Scotland Archived 13 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine