The eastbound carriageway continued beyond North Street to York Road. The opening date is per The Gazette, but this is uncertain - local press mention it opening on an unspecified date in May 1970.
Road scheme and chronology data is courtesy SABRE (where much of it was gathered by member Ross Spur), with additional data from the UK Motorway Archive, the Scottish Roads Archive and the Northern Ireland Roads Site.
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