M9 Newbridge - Dechmont

Newbridge Dechmont
Opened
Current route
M9
Start point
M8 J2
Claylands
End point
1
Newbridge
Original route
M8

This scheme included the M8 between Claylands and Dechmont, and was originally all part of M8.

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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