| M9 motorway | |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 33.0 mi (53.1 km) |
| Existed: | 1968 – present |
| History: | Constructed 1968–1980 |
| Major junctions | |
| From: | Newbridge |
M8 motorway Junction 2 & M876 motorway M80 motorway |
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| To: | Dunblane (A9) |
| Location | |
| Primary destinations: |
Forth Road Bridge, Kincardine Bridge, Stirling |
| Road network | |
The M9 motorway is a major motorway in Scotland. It runs from the outskirts of Edinburgh, bypassing the towns of Linlithgow, Falkirk, Grangemouth and Stirling to end at Dunblane.
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The road is approximately 30 miles (48 km) long, and runs in a roughly north-west direction from the M8. It meets the A8 at Newbridge - a traffic blackspot before the junction was grade separated. Its next junction is a motorway spur towards the Forth Road Bridge. This spur has recently been extended, and since September 2007 now meets the A90 at Scotstoun, instead of ending at the single carriageway A8000 road 2 miles (3.2 km) short of the bridge.
The road shares space with 1 mile (1.6 km) of the M876 en route to the Kincardine Bridge east of Stenhousemuir, at this point the motorway has 3 lanes in each direction, making it the most northerly stretch of motorway in the UK to be 3 lanes wide. At Stirling it meets the M80, taking over the main route through the Carse of Lecropt to the final roundabout at Dunblane. From there, the A9 runs all the way to Thurso. Moto services are located at the M9/M80 junction, accessed via a roundabout which allows access to all routes.
| M9 motorway | ||
| Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |
| Start of motorway | M8 J2 | Glasgow, Livingston M8 Edinburgh M8 |
| Edinburgh Airport A8 Broxburn, Uphall, Bathgate A89 |
J1 | Edinburgh Airport A8 Broxburn A89 |
| Forth Road Bridge, Perth, Dundee A90, (M90), Aberdeen | J1a | No access |
| No access | J2 | Uphall B8046 Forth Road Bridge, Kincardine Bridge A904 |
| Linlithgow A803 Bo'ness A904 |
J3 | No access |
| Bathgate, Livingston A801 Polmont A803 |
J4 | Bathgate, Livingston A801 Linlithgow A803, Kirkliston B9080 Polmont A803 |
| Grangemouth, Falkirk A905 | J5 | Grangemouth, Bo'ness A905 |
| No access | J6 | Grangemouth, Falkirk A905 |
| Kincardine Bridge M876 | J7 | Kincardine Bridge M876 |
| Glasgow M876 | J8 | No access |
| Stirling A91 | J9 | Denny A872 Glasgow, Carlisle M80 |
| Stirling services | ||
| Stirling, Callander, Crianlarich A84 | J10 | Stirling A84 |
| Perth, Inverness Scotland, A9 Bridge of Allan A9 Doune B824 Dunblane B8033 |
J11 (Terminus) |
Start of motorway |
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