14-655: The A700 road is a short but important link skirting Edinburgh City Centre between the A8 and A7 roads. The road begins at the West End junction at the terminus of the A8 and heads south then east comprising the streets of Lothian Road , Earl Grey Street, Brougham Street, Brougham Place, Melville Drive, Summerhall Place and West Preston Street. It ends at a crossroads where it meets the A7 and A701 roads . The major junction along its route
28-519: A century later, were still standing in 2020 but had been allowed to fall into a state of dilapidation. Glasgow Kelvin College has a modern campus in Haghill, located off Duke Street . The district sports centre (Glasgow Club Haghill) is on the area's other main thoroughfare, Cumbernauld Road (a continuation of Alexandra Parade), along with Parkhill Secondary School - once known as Kennyhill School -
42-481: A facility for children with special educational needs. Alexandra Parade and Duke Street railway stations are both located immediately west of Haghill; the tracks of the North Clyde Line on which both stations lie is generally considered to form the boundary with Dennistoun. Several buses run along both roads between Glasgow city centre and its eastern suburbs. This Glasgow location article
56-612: Is a major road in Scotland , connecting Edinburgh to Greenock via Glasgow . Its importance diminished following the construction of the M8 motorway which also covers the route between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The A8 begins at the West End of Edinburgh, in the New Town . The road originally also included Princes Street , but this stretch was declassified, as Princes Street is no longer open to all traffic. The road continues westwards into
70-518: Is at Tollcross where it meets Lauriston Place , West Tollcross and the Home Street A702 road . It overlaps for the length of Earl Grey Street with the A702, which diverges to the west on Fountainbridge . The northern section of the road is a designated a Red Route on which no stopping of vehicles is permitted in order to maintain traffic flow. The Melville Drive section is flanked to
84-558: Is bordered by Alexandra Park to the north (with Riddrie beyond), Carntyne to the east, Dennistoun to the west and Parkhead to the south. Administratively, it falls within the Dennistoun ward of Glasgow City Council since a 2017 boundary re-assessment, having been in the East Centre ward for the decade prior. The red sandstone building of the local primary school sited off Walter Street, which opened in 1904 and closed
98-619: Is still applied – then past Haghill and Dennistoun as Alexandra Parade into the city centre at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Glasgow Cathedral , where it follows the High Street and then the Saltmarket running north–south – meeting the A89 (Gallowgate) and the A749 (London Road) at Glasgow Cross . It splits for the complex one-way system, recombining prior to the junction at the start of
112-671: The A78 road and the A770 to Gourock , which was the former terminus of the A8. Three short stretches of the A8 are part of three different Euroroutes , as follows: Haghill Haghill is a residential neighbourhood in Glasgow , Scotland. It is situated in the east end of the city, north of the River Clyde . The housing includes tenements (from the 1900s and the 1930s), former council houses and several more recently constructed homes. It
126-640: The A814 that heads west along the Clyde , before crossing the river near The Gorbals , where it meets the end of the A74 . From there the A8 leads out of town through Tradeston , Kingston (passing under the M8's Kingston Bridge ) Kinning Park , Cessnock and Ibrox as Paisley Road West, changing to Edmiston Drive past Ibrox Stadium , then through Drumoyne and Shieldhall as Shieldhall Road, Braehead as Renfrew Road and
140-515: The M8 it diverges from the motorway, and meets the A89 at Bargeddie while co-existing as the interchange for the M8 and M73 . At a roundabout near Swinton it briefly merges with the A89 and heads towards central Glasgow. The A8 now passes through suburban Garrowhill , Barlanark , Wellhouse , Springboig , Cranhill and Carntyne as Edinburgh Road – much of which is a two/three-lane dual-carriageway, but an urban 30 mph (48 km/h) restriction
154-553: The M8. Until recently there was no road of motorway standard between Newhouse and Baillieston in the eastern suburbs of Glasgow, and the A8 still carried all through traffic here, having been progressively upgraded to meet demand. However it was finally replaced in 2017 by the last section of the M8. It is now the principal non-motorway access between the Eurocentral business park and the settlements of Chapelhall and Calderbank , south of Airdrie . Just prior to Junction 8 of
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#1732772714067168-398: The north by The Meadows , a large public park established in the 18th century. At each end of Melville Drive is a pair of stone pillars topped by a lion and a unicorn . The pair at the eastern end were built in 1881, gifted by the publishing and printing company of Thomas Nelson ; the pair at the western end were built around 1886 by Sir James Gowans . A8 road (Scotland) The A8
182-688: The suburbs of the city passing Murrayfield and Corstorphine , often with an accompanying bus lane. Only once the road reaches the A720 City Bypass does it become a primary route , leading out past the Royal Highland Showground at Ingliston , and Edinburgh Airport . At Newbridge , the A8 meets the start of the M8 and M9 motorways. From here the A8 is interrupted; it has been renumbered A89 until Bathgate , A7066 to Whitburn and then B7066 Harthill, until it resumes at Newhouse . From Newhouse it runs parallel to
196-470: The town centre of Renfrew as Glasgow Road, Glebe Street and Inchinnan Road, passing to the rear of Glasgow Airport at Inchinnan , crossing over the M8 east of Bishopton and meeting it again at the motorway's western end, Junction 31 between Bishopton and Langbank . The A8 becomes the primary route again and takes traffic through Port Glasgow . Its terminus is in Greenock at a large roundabout with
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