Edinburgh to Greenock
The first and last east-west motorway north of the M62, the M8 links up Edinburgh and Glasgow in style. It starts at the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass, powers across Scotland's central belt almost in a straight line, and dives right into the absolute centre of Glasgow.
The newly finished M8 and newly created A8(M) arrive in the Motorway Database.
Go to Glasgow and it's almost inevitable that you'll use the M8. The views of the city surrounding it are really quite unique.
It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.
In 2022, Manchester City Council say they reduced the speed limit on the Mancunian Way to 30mph. But it’s not clear if they did. It’s not even clear if they can.
Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?
How do you describe a road? One way is to use these engineering abbreviations, much loved by the UK's community of road enthusiasts.
