M876 motorway

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M876
M876 motorway
M876 highlighted in blue
Route information
Length8.0 mi (12.9 km)
Existed1980–present
Major junctions
Northeast end Dennyloanhead
Major intersections UK-Motorway-M80.svg
M80 motorway Junction 8
UK-Motorway-M9.svg
M9 motorway Junctions 7 and 8
Southwest end Bowtrees near Kincardine Bridge
Location
Country United Kingdom
Primary
destinations
Kincardine Bridge, Falkirk
Road network
UK-Motorway-M621.svg M621 UK-Motorway-M898.svg M898
The M876 motorway near to Stenhousemuir M876 - geograph.org.uk - 1734454.jpg
The M876 motorway near to Stenhousemuir

The M876 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. The motorway runs from Denny to Airth in the Falkirk council area, forming an approach road to the Kincardine Bridge. It was opened in 1980.

Contents

The road is 8 miles (13 km) long. It begins by turning off junction 8 (formerly junction 5 until 2011) of the M80 and bypasses Falkirk and Stenhousemuir. It is one of only three motorways in the UK which form a concurrency with another motorway, the M9, which it then leaves again and continues for 1 mile (1.6 km) before becoming the A876. [1]

The original Kincardine Bridge was supplemented in 2008 by a second bridge, the Clackmannanshire Bridge, for traffic towards Alloa. As part of the works, the terminal Bowtrees Roundabout was replaced with a grade separated junction, and the A876 beyond the junction was upgraded to dual carriageway standard.

Junctions

CountyLocationmikmJunctionDestinationsNotes
Falkirk Denny 00 [coord 1] UK-Motorway-M80.svg M80   - Glasgow, CumbernauldEastbound entrance and Westbound exit only
2.03.21 [coord 2] UK road A833.svg A833   - Denny, Falkirk
Falkirk 3.65.92 [coord 3] UK road A88.svg A88   - Stenhousemuir, Larbert;
UK road A9.svg A9 - Stirling
5.38.5 [coord 4] UK-Motorway-M9.svg M9   - StirlingEastbound entrance and Westbound exit only, begins multiplex with M9
6.210.0 [coord 5] UK-Motorway-M9.svg M9   - Grangemouth, FalkirkEnd of multiplex with M9
7.612.13 [coord 6] UK road A905.svg A905   - Airth;
UK road A876.svg A876 - Kincardine
End of motorway; continues as A876
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Coordinate list
  1. 56°00′02″N3°55′13″W / 56.0006°N 3.9204°W
  2. 56°00′48″N3°52′35″W / 56.0134°N 3.8764°W
  3. 56°01′57″N3°51′01″W / 56.0326°N 3.8502°W
  4. 56°02′36″N3°48′48″W / 56.0432°N 3.8133°W
  5. 56°02′36″N3°46′59″W / 56.0433°N 3.7831°W
  6. 56°03′09″N3°45′34″W / 56.0524°N 3.7595°W

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References

  1. Headline Projects | Transport Scotland Archived 13 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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