M8 Dechmont - Whitburn

Dechmont Whitburn
Opened
Route
M8
Start point
3
Dechmont
End point
Whitburn

Dechmont was a temporary terminus on the northern roundabout of present J3. Whitburn was a temporary terminus near present junction 4A.

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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