Edinburgh to Glasgow- just what IS the fascination with this motorway?
10 January 2005, 09:11 AM
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Edinburgh to Glasgow- just what IS the fascination with this motorway?
All the time I see it on here. Someone will be going on about something and suddenly they'll start randomly throwing in references to the M8. Is it some special kind of tourettes? 
10 January 2005, 10:24 AM
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Of course you know the M8!! It runs from the A720 Edinburgh Ring Road across the old A8 and right into the absolute centre of Glasgow. This urban stretch blasts a path through the city and then out the other side, giving up the chase for Greenock ten miles short.
There is a gap in the M8 (fixing it is still in the planning stage) where six miles of the A8 still exist east of the M73.
The section through central Glasgow is notorious - it is completely inadequate (it forms two sides of a never-finished inner ring road) and the knotted tangle of junctions includes Britain's closest motorway junctions. There are numerous sliproads and bridges built in this section which were never put to use. Ring any bells?
There is a gap in the M8 (fixing it is still in the planning stage) where six miles of the A8 still exist east of the M73.
The section through central Glasgow is notorious - it is completely inadequate (it forms two sides of a never-finished inner ring road) and the knotted tangle of junctions includes Britain's closest motorway junctions. There are numerous sliproads and bridges built in this section which were never put to use. Ring any bells?
10 January 2005, 10:34 AM
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Oh, God.... don't bring the M3 into it as well.....
Incidentally, did you know that, until very recently, the M3 was split into two sections, with the gap plugged by a few miles of the A33 at Winchester? The 1920's Winchester Bypass, one of the oldest pieces of dual carriageway in the country, and with intermediate junctions controlled by traffic lights, was left to deal with all the M3's through traffic. In the way of the M3's completion was St Catherine's Hill - a very ancient and very important hill fort. This was all eventually thrown to the wind, and the Highways Agency filled in the gap ata cost of many millions of pounds and the slicing of a six lane motorway around the foot of St Catherine's Hill. It helped drivers just fine, but incensed environmentalists to the extent that large-scale road construction is barely possible today, and new roads dare not use the blackened word 'motorway'.
There are still people to this day who boycott the new part, between junctions 10 and 11, even though the old Winchester Bypass has been removed and grassed over.
At its southern end, the M3 is fortunate enough to have its traffic effectively distributed by the M27, which kindly prevents all six lanes from piling into the northern suburbs of Southampton.
Incidentally, did you know that, until very recently, the M3 was split into two sections, with the gap plugged by a few miles of the A33 at Winchester? The 1920's Winchester Bypass, one of the oldest pieces of dual carriageway in the country, and with intermediate junctions controlled by traffic lights, was left to deal with all the M3's through traffic. In the way of the M3's completion was St Catherine's Hill - a very ancient and very important hill fort. This was all eventually thrown to the wind, and the Highways Agency filled in the gap ata cost of many millions of pounds and the slicing of a six lane motorway around the foot of St Catherine's Hill. It helped drivers just fine, but incensed environmentalists to the extent that large-scale road construction is barely possible today, and new roads dare not use the blackened word 'motorway'.
There are still people to this day who boycott the new part, between junctions 10 and 11, even though the old Winchester Bypass has been removed and grassed over.
At its southern end, the M3 is fortunate enough to have its traffic effectively distributed by the M27, which kindly prevents all six lanes from piling into the northern suburbs of Southampton.
10 January 2005, 11:51 AM
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You know, I never knew that!
What I DO know, however, is that to date I have driven an M3 on the M3, an M5 on the M5 and now just need to drive an M1 on the M1 and I will be done... until BMW release the M6!
What I DO know, however, is that to date I have driven an M3 on the M3, an M5 on the M5 and now just need to drive an M1 on the M1 and I will be done... until BMW release the M6!
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10 January 2005, 12:14 PM
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The difference is bubba that the M8 is the road us Glaswegians built so we could take all the crap & put it in the dirty city & get back safely
10 January 2005, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ozzy
better than an east-coast chav; day ya ken like?
Funny that, I don't see a website dedicated to surviving in Edinburgh, do you?
For those of you not in the know, it can be found at http://www.glasgowsurvival.co.uk.
10 January 2005, 12:35 PM
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Only because Glasgow's more interesting and much more loved for it's culture
Trainspotting was a good preview for life in our beloved capital
Before Xmas, I think Chris
Trainspotting was a good preview for life in our beloved capital
Before Xmas, I think Chris
oh & the beggars
10 January 2005, 01:44 PM
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Must say, I was stunned going from the Lake District that I couldn't go straight to Edinburgh but had to go via Glasgow first, at least on the motorway.
Is that designed so us English can be robbed at service stations before we get a chance to spend it?
Is that designed so us English can be robbed at service stations before we get a chance to spend it?
10 January 2005, 03:18 PM
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Yeah, the A1 stretch to Edinburgh is a NO, NO - littered with speeding cameras - particularly one hid BEHIND a large sign at the turn-off for Seahouses.
The alternative route, called the Coldstream road, used to be good but is again littered with cameras.
The alternative route, called the Coldstream road, used to be good but is again littered with cameras.
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