M8 Bishopton Bypass Stage 1

Bishopton Bypass Stage 1
Opened
Route
M8
Start point
29A
Southbar
End point
30
Craigton

Southbar Interchange was abandoned when this length opened, but was subsequently reinstated as junction 29A. This scheme included construction of the M898.

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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