| A75 road | |
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| Part of | |
| Major junctions | |
| East end: | Gretna |
| West end: | Stranraer |
| Location | |
| Primary destinations: |
Dumfries |
| Road network | |
The A75 is a major road in Scotland, heading west along the south coast of Scotland from its junction with the A74(M) motorway at Gretna. It continues past Eastriggs, Annan, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Gatehouse of Fleet, Newton Stewart and Glenluce before ending at Stranraer.
The majority of the road is of single-carriageway standard, although a few short dual carriageway sections exist, including a one mile section past Gretna, a section past Collin (just east of Dumfries) and also a two mile section just west of Dumfries, which opened in 1999 to replace the old wooded route. However, the road has been upgraded to a very high standard in recognition of the heavy freight traffic it carries between the M74/M6 and the ferry ports for Ireland at Stranraer and Cairnryan, and only two settlements are now not bypassed by it (at Springholm and Crocketford, both lying within hailing distance west of Dumfries).
In 2008, again prompted by the volume of freight traffic, the Scottish Government undertook a series of schemes along the A75 to introduce additional overtaking opportunities, usually by widening the road to offer two uphill lanes for a stretch: these are at Aird east of Stranraer, west from the Newton Stewart roundabout, and in the Castle Douglas area.
There are only two service stations lying on the A75 itself: one at Collin on the eastern edge of Dumfries, and one at Castle Kennedy to the east of Stranraer.
The road forms part of the international E-road, European route E18.
A fifteen-mile stretch of the A75, between Annan and Dumfries, is reported to be haunted.[1][2]
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