M8 motorway (Scotland)

The **M8** is a motorway in Scotland. It is very busy, and connects the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is about  long.

## Junctions

|colspan="3"|**M8 motorway**|||
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|Eastbound exits|Junction|Westbound exits||
|_ M8 now terminates_ Edinburgh City Bypass A720 Berwick upon Tweed (A1) Edinburgh City Centre A71|J1 (Hermiston Gait)|_Start of motorway_||
|Edinburgh Airport, Stirling, Queensferry Crossing (M90) M9|J2 (Newbridge)|Stirling, Queensferry Crossing (M90) M9||
|Livingston A899|J3 (Livingston)|Livingston A899||
|Bathgate, Broxburn, Livingston (West) (A779) A89|J3a (Bathgate)|Bathgate, Broxburn, Livingston (West) (A89) A779||
|Bathgate, Whitburn, Falkirk A801|J4 (Whitburn)|Bathgate, Whitburn, Falkirk A801||
|Whitburn, Heartlands (B7066)|J4a (Heartlands)|Whitburn, Heartlands (B7066)||
|colspan=3|Harthill services|||
|Shotts, Harthill, Salsburgh (B7066) B7057|J5 (Harthill)|Shotts, Harthill, Salsburgh (B7066) B7057||
|No access|J6 (Newhouse)|Airdrie, Lanark, Motherwell, Wishaw, Eurocentral (A723) A73||
|Lanark, Wishaw, Motherwell, Airdrie A8 (A73)|J6a (Chapelhall)|No access||
|Eurocentral|J7 (Eurocentral)|No access||
|No access|J7a (Shawhead)|Carlisle (M74), East Kilbride, Bellshill A725||
|Carlisle (M74) M73 Coatbridge A89|J8 (Ballieston)|Carlisle (M74), Glasgow (South), Glasgow Airport M73, Glasgow (East) A8 Stirling, Kincardine Bridge (M80)||
|Baillieston|J9 (Easterhouse)|No access||
|Easterhouse, Barlanark|J10 (Bartiebeith)|Easterhouse, Baillieston||
|Garthamlock, Queenslie B765|J11 (Stepps)|Stepps, Queenslie B765||
|Riddrie, Stepps A80|J12 (Riddrie)|Riddrie, Stepps A80||
|Stirling, Kincardine Bridge M80|J13 (Provan)|Blochairn, Parkhead||
|Blochairn, Dennistoun B763|J14 (Fruit Market)|No access||
|Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Cross, Kirkintilloch A803|J15 (Townhead)|Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Cross A803||
|No access|J16 (Craighall)|Aberfoyle, George Square (A81)||
|Dumbarton A82|J17 (Great Western Road)|Dumbarton A82||
|Anderston, Charing Cross (No exit from main carriageway) Glasgow city centre|J18 (Charing Cross)|Kelvingrove, Charing Cross||
|Clydebank, S.E.C.C. A814 _No exit from main carriageway_|J19 (Anderston)|Clydebank, S.E.C.C. A814||
|No access|J20 (Kingston Bridge)|Tradeston, East Kilbride (A730)||
|Tradeston, East Kilbride (A8, A730) Carlisle M74|J21 (Seaward Street)|No access||
|No access|J22 (Plantation)|Kilmarnock, Prestwick Airport M77||
|No access|J23 (Dumbreck Road)|Govan, Ibrox B768 (only motorists coming from the M74 may use this junction as of September 2011, due to a barrier splitting the 4-lane motorway into 2 segments, with M8 traffic unable to reach the exit slip)||
|Govan, Kilmarnock (M77) A761|J24 (Helen Street)|Paisley, Bellahouston A761||
|Clyde Tunnel A739|J25 (Cardonald)|Clyde Tunnel A739||
|No access|J25a (Braehead)|Braehead||
|Hillington, Braehead A736|J26 (Hillington)|Hillington, Renfrew (A8) A736||
|Paisley, Renfrew A741|J27 (Arkleston)|Paisley, Renfrew A741||
|No access|J28 (Glasgow Airport)|Glasgow Airport||
|No access|J28a|Irvine A737||
|Paisley, Glasgow Airport A726,   Irvine A737|J29 (St James)|Paisley A726||
|No access|J29a|Bishopton A8||
|Erskine, Erskine Bridge M898|J30 (Erskine)|Erskine, Erskine Bridge M898||
|_Start of motorway_|rowspan=2|J31 (West Ferry)|Bishopton A8|
|Bishopton A8 _Non-motorway traffic_|_Road becomes A8 towards Greenock_|||

## Infobox (road)

- **country**: GBR
- **type**: M
- **route**: 8
- **photo**: Glasgow Charing Cross Interchange.JPG
- **photo notes**: Looking eastbound from Charing Cross, Glasgow, Charing Cross, Glasgow, 2015
- **length mi**: 60.3
- **direction a**: East
- **terminus a**: Sighthill, Edinburgh, Sighthill

- **counties**: Edinburgh, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire
- **destinations**: Edinburgh
Edinburgh Airport
Livingston, Scotland, Livingston
Glasgow
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley
Glasgow Airport
 Greenock
- **direction b**: West
- **terminus b**: Langbank

- **established**: 1965
- **history**: Opened: 1965
Completed: 2017
- **junction**:
J2 → M9 motorway (Scotland), M9 motorway
 /
J8 → M73 motorway/A8(M) motorway

J13 → M80 motorway

J21 → M74 motorway

J22 → M77 motorway

J30 → M898 motorway
- **e-road**: and
- **map**: M8 motorway (Great Britain) map.svg
- **maint**: Transport Scotland
- **previous type**: M
- **previous route**: 6 Toll
- **next type**: M
- **next route**: 9
- **next dab**: Scotland