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.

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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 roundabout Bowtrees Roundabout was replaced with a grade separated junction, and the A876 beyond the junction has been 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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