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M9
Route information
Length	33.0 mi (53.1 km)
Existed	1968–present
History	Constructed 1968–80
Major junctions
From	Newbridge
Major intersections	M8 motorway Junction 2 & M876 motorway M80 motorway Junction 9
To	Dunblane (A9)
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary destinations	Edinburgh, Forth Road Bridge, Falkirk, Kincardine Bridge, Stirling
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The M9 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.

Route

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 (junction 9 of both motorways), 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.

Junctions

Template:RJLUK Template:RJLUKhdr |- align='center' | Roundabout with exits:
Perth A9
Bridge of Allan A9
Doune B824
Dunblane B8033 | J11
(Terminus) |Start of motorway |- align='center' | Stirling, Callander, Crianlarich A84 | J10 | Stirling A84 |- align='center' |Stirling services |Services |Stirling Services |- align='center' | Stirling A91 | J9
TOTSO | Denny A872
Glasgow, Carlisle M80 |- align='center' | Glasgow M876 | style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | J8 | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | No access |- align='center' | Kincardine Bridge M876 | style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | J7 | Kincardine Bridge M876 |- align='center' | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | No access | J6 | Grangemouth, Falkirk A905 |- align='center' | Grangemouth, Falkirk A905 | J5 | Grangemouth, Bo'ness A905 |- align='center' | Bathgate, Livingston A801
Polmont A803 | J4 | Bathgate, Livingston A801
Linlithgow A803, Kirkliston B9080
Polmont A803 |- align='center' | Linlithgow A803
Bo'ness A904 | J3 | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | No access |- align='center' | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | No access | J2 | Uphall B8046
Forth Road Bridge, Kincardine Bridge A904 |- align='center' | Forth Road Bridge, Perth, Dundee (M90) | J1a | Forth Road Bridge, Perth, Dundee A90, (M90), Aberdeen |- align='center' | Edinburgh Airport A8
Broxburn, Uphall, Bathgate A89 | J1 | Edinburgh Airport A8
Broxburn A89 |- align='center' | Start of motorway | M8 J2 | Road splits
West:Glasgow, Livingston M8
East:Edinburgh M8 Template:RJLUKfooter

See also

• List of motorways in the United Kingdom

External links

• CBRD Motorway Database – M9
• City of Edinburgh Council Leaflet (PDF)
• Forth Estuary Transport Authority Project Page
• The Motorway Archive – M9

v t e Motorways in the United Kingdom
Great Britain	M1 M11 M18 M180 M181 A1(M) A167(M) A194(M) A1077(M) M2 M20 M23 M25 M26 M27 M271 M275 M3 M32 A3(M) A38(M) A308(M) A329(M) M4 M40 M42 M45 M48 M49 A48(M) A404(M) M5 M50 M53 M54 M55 M56 M57 M58 A57(M) A58(M) M6 M6 Toll M60 M61 M62 M65 M66 M67 M69 M602 M606 M621 A64(M) A66(M) A627(M) M73 M74 M77 A74(M) M8 M80 M876 M898 A8(M) A823(M) M9 M90
Northern Ireland	M1 M2 M3 M5 M12 M22 A8(M)
Former	M10 M41 M63 M85 A18(M) A40(M) A41(M) A102(M) A601(M) A6144(M)
Unbuilt	M12 M15 M16 M31 M64 M4 relief road
Junctions ( Category)	Almondsbury Broxden Catthorpe Charing Cross, Glasgow Denton Island Handy Cross Longbridge Lydiate Ash Scotch Corner Spaghetti Junction Switch Island Thorney Thorpe Thurcroft
Bridges	Auchenshuggle Avonmouth Bromford Don Friarton Gathurst Kingston Medway to Nowhere Ouse Rakewood Scammonden Prince of Wales Severn Thames Thelwall Tinsley Queensferry Usk Weaver
Related articles	National Highways Traffic officers South Wales Trunk Road Agent Traffic officers Transport Scotland DfI Roads Preston By-pass Smart motorway Motorway service area List
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• Motorways in Scotland
• Transport in Edinburgh
• Transport in Stirling (council area)
• Transport in West Lothian