Motorway Mayhem M74 J2 - The New Extension Traditional Cache
JudithandCharlene: Archived Due to cache location, as parking is now a problem with the new works.
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Motorway Mayhem M74 J2 - The New Extension
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PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE NEW M74 EXTENSION AND IS NOT SHOWN ON MOST ROAD ATLAS AND SAT NAV SYSTEMS. BELEIVE ME IT IS THERE.
This unique spot between the West Coast Main Railway to London, and the main Motorway artery road to the south also connecting to London via the M74.
The M74 motorway forms a major motorway in Scotland. Following an extension opened on 28th June 2011, it connects the M8 motorway west of Glasgow to the English border at Gretna.
M74 Northern Extension
Construction work on the six lane M74 Northern Extension (M74 Completion) to extend the M74 northwards by 5 miles (8.0 km) through the south-eastern Glasgow to meet the M8 started in 2008 with opening on 28th June 2011. The extension involved the demolition of the Rosebery Park football ground.
The city centre section of this motorway is supposed to perform a similar role to the never-built southern flank of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road planned in the 1960s, and first set out as a scheme in the Bruce Report of the 1940s, but only half-completed. The scheme was at the centre of a road protest from local campaigners and environmentalists; their appeal against the road orders collapsed in June 2006. Alex Salmond officially launched the construction work on 28 May 2008.
The project, initially expected to cost £444 million, ran considerably over-budget at £692 million. There was a £12 million allowance for grouting of old mine workings.
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