The M9 motorway is also the name of roads in Russia (see Baltic Highway), Pakistan (see M9 motorway), and Ireland (see here).

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.

Route

The road is approximately 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 two miles (3 km) short of the bridge.

The road shares space with one 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.

Junctions

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

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