A89 road
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| Length | 35.6 mi[1] (57.3 km) | |||
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| West end |   A8 / A749 in Glasgow | |||
| East end |   M8 / M9 / A8 in Newbridge | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
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The A89 is a trunk road in Scotland, United Kingdom. It runs from High Street, Glasgow to Newbridge in Edinburgh. It was once the A8, which has now been replaced, mostly by the M8.
Route description
Within Glasgow, The Gallowgate, Shettleston Road, Baillieston Road, Glasgow Road and [Baillieston] Main Street have the A89 designation. As well as the aforementioned neighbourhoods bearing the road names, the A89 also passes through The Calton, northern Parkhead, Sandyhills and Garrowhill. Following major roadworks in the mid-2010s, the A89 now merges with the A8 Edinburgh Road (which has another meeting point at Glasgow Cross) for a short stretch near Swinton before a large roundabout leads the routes to split again, with the A8 feeding an interchange for the M8 and M73 motorways while the A89 passes under the M73 as Coatbridge Road, whereupon a further roundabout then reinstates the A8 as an alternative route along its old path, parallel to the new M8).[2][3][4]
Leaving Glasgow, the A89 passes through Bargeddie, Coatbridge (meeting the start of the A725, effectively the south-eastern bypass of Glasgow), Airdrie (meeting the A73), Plains, Caldercruix, Blackridge, Armadale (meeting the A801 which connects the M8 and the M9), Bathgate, Boghall, Dechmont (meeting the A899 Livingston Interchange), Uphall, Broxburn before terminating at a roundabout in Newbridge which feeds Junction 1 of the M9. At this point, the road continues east as the A8 towards Edinburgh Airport, the A720 bypass then into the city itself.
Junction list
| Council area | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Glasgow | Glasgow | 0.0 | 0.0 |        A8 (High Street / Saltmarket) / A749 south (London Road) / Trongate to M8 / M74 / A74 / M80 / A728 / A803 / A814 – City Centre, Govanhill, Glasgow Cross, Springburn, Carlisle, Rutherglen, Bridgeton | Western terminus; northern terminus of A749 |
| Camlachie– Barrowfield boundary | 1.4 | 2.3 |  A728 south (The Clyde Gateway) / Gallowgate to M74 / M77 – East Kilbride, Tollcross | East Kilbride signed eastbound only; northern terminus of A728 | |
| Swinton– Baillieston boundary | 5.6 | 9.0 | A8 west / Swinton Avenue to M8 – City Centre, Glasgow Airport, Greenock, Swinton, Easterhouse | Only route signed eastbound; western terminus of A8 concurrency | |
| | 5.9 | 9.5 |   M8 / M73 to M74 – Edinburgh, Stirling, Carlisle, Glasgow (S)Rhindhouse Road – Swinton | M8 junction 8; M73 junction 2 | |
| North Lanarkshire | Bargeddie | 6.6 | 10.6 |  A8 east (Glasgow and Edinburgh Road) to A752 – Coatbridge, Uddingston | To A752 and Uddingston signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A8 concurrency |
| 6.9 | 11.1 | A752 (Gartcosh Road) – Gartcosh, Muirhead, Uddingston | |||
| Coatbridge | 9.3 | 15.0 |  A725 southwest (Coatbank Street) / B804 (Main Street) to A8 / M74 – East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Carlisle, Glenboig | Northeastern terminus of A725 | |
| Airdrie | 10.5 | 16.9 |   A8010 northeast (Aitchison Street) to A73 – Stirling, Cumbernauld | No access from A89 west to A8010; southwestern terminus of A8010 | |
| 11.9 | 19.2 | A73 (Carlisle Road) – Cumbernauld, Motherwell | |||
| West Lothian | Armadale– Bathgate boundary | 23.9 | 38.5 |   A801 to M8 / M9 / A706 – Linlithgow, Falkirk, Livingston, Lanark, Whitburn | Livingston signed eastbound only, Whitburn westbound only |
| Bathgate | 25.1 | 40.4 |  A800 northwest (Mill Road) / Menzies Road to A801 / B7002 – Linlithgow, Whitburn, Falkirk | To A801 and Falkirk signed eastbound only; southeastern terminus of A801 | |
| 27.0 | 43.5 |   A779 / A7066 southwest / Pentland Avenue to M8 / A706 – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Livingston, Mid Calder, Whitburn, Armadale, Boghall | Northeastern terminus of A7066 | ||
| Dechmont boundary | 30.5 | 49.1 |  A899 / Business Park to M8 – Broxburn, Uphall, Livingston, Dechmont, Glasgow | Dechmont signed eastbound only, Glasgow westbound only | |
| Broxburn | 33.7 | 54.2 | A899 south (East Main Street) – Broxburn, Uphall | Northern terminus of A899 | |
| Edinburgh | Newbridge– Ratho Station boundary | 35.6 | 57.3 |   M8 / M9 / A8 / B7030 to A90 / A720 – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Forth Road Bridge, Stirling, Airport, Newbridge | Eastern terminus; M8 junction 2; M9 junction 1 |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b "55.8567117, -4.2435714 to 38 Baillieston Rd, Glasgow G32 0QQ, UK to 72 Alexander St, Airdrie ML6 0BD, UK to 18A Edinburgh Rd, Bathgate EH48 1BA, UK to 2014 Edinburgh Rd, Newbridge EH28 8QW, UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ Missing link to be finished on M8 motorway, BBC News, 14 December 2010
- ^ "Work to start on £500m M8, M73 and M74 motorway upgrades". BBC News. 29 January 2014.
- ^ M8, M73, M74 motorway improvements in Scotland, Go Construct, 21 December 2020
External links
Media related to A89 road (Scotland) at Wikimedia Commons- Facebook Place
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