M90 Newbridge - Muriehall

Name
Newbridge Muriehall
Opened
Current route
Start point
Junction number at start: M90 J1A
Kirkliston
End point
Queensferry Road
Original route

This scheme included the M9 between Newbridge and Muriehall. When constructed this length was the M9 Kirkliston Spur.

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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