A74(M) Elvanfoot - Paddy’s Rickle

Elvanfoot Paddy’s Rickle
Opened
Route
A74(M)
Start point
14
Elvanfoot
End point
Paddy’s Rickle Bridge

Paddy’s Rickle Bridge was a temporary terminus about two miles south east of Elvanfoot. Opened during August 1992 but exact date is uncertain.

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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