A749 road
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South end | East Kilbride 55°46′33″N 4°09′48″W / 55.7759°N 4.1633°W |
North end | Glasgow 55°51′23″N 4°14′38″W / 55.8564°N 4.2438°W |
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The A749 road in Scotland connects East Kilbride with Glasgow city centre via Rutherglen and Bridgeton.
Route
East Kilbride
The road starts off as a
Rutherglen
Around two miles north-west there is a grade separated staggered junction for the
The road continues on to another roundabout where it meets the end of the A730 road – the Cathkin bypass. Now known as East Kilbride Road, the A749 continues north for another brief spell as a 40-mile-per-hour dual carriageway passing the Springhall and Whitlawburn housing schemes, but soon afterwards drops to a 30-mile-per-hour zone and the dual carriageway section ends at a junction with Blairbeth Road (formerly the A730 until a re-designation upon the completion of the bypass in 2017). it travels into Burnside as East Kilbride Road until reaching Burnside railway station.
Turning north onto Stonelaw Road, it meets the start of the B762 (Dukes Road), forms the traditional 'high street' retail zone for the area,
Glasgow
The road enters Glasgow at
At
It ends at Glasgow Cross, a grade junction with the A8 (High Street/Saltmarket); thereafter the road continues as the Trongate (historically part of the A82 road) into the heart of the city centre unclassified.
Public transport
The '18' bus service, one of the primary routes by the major operator in the region, First Glasgow, runs along the entire length of the A749 in both directions.[7] In the first half of the 20th century, Glasgow Corporation Tramways also operated on the route, specifically the 9A which had its terminus at Burnside.[8]
References
- ^ "Directions from Kingsway, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK to Glasgow, Scotland, UK G1 5EZ". Google Maps. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Residents turn out in force to see proposals for £62m East Kilbride road dualling, Daily Record, 7 December 2019
- ^ "Linzi Higgins". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Cambuslang dad dies in road smash". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Speed limit changes and possible traffic lights for busy Rutherglen road". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ South Lanarkshire Council planners knock back estate agent plan in Burnside, Glasgow Times, 31 January 2021
- ^ 18 | City Centre – East Kilbride, First Glasgow, 20 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2021
- ^ Tram routes, 1938 (Museum of Transport), The Glasgow Story
External links
- Media related to A749 road (Scotland) at Wikimedia Commons
- SABRE page on A749 road