M90 Crossgates, Cowdenbeath and Kelty Bypass

Crossgates, Cowdenbeath and Kelty Bypass
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Route
M90
Start point
Aberdour Road
End point
Kinnaird

Aberdour Road was a temporary terminus between present junctions 2 and 3. Kinnaird was a temporary terminus between present junctions 4 and 5.

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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