Key Statistics

The upgrade of the A8 between Baillieston to Newhouse includes:

New railway bridge at Braehead.

North Calder Bridge Looking North

• 2 km of online dual three-lane motorway
• 5 km of offline dual three-lane motorway
• 3 km of online dual two-lane motorway
• 10 km of dual two-lane all purpose road incorporating nearly 5 km of existing A8
• 16 km of pedestrian/cycle path
• Three new motorway junctions at Shawhead, Eurocentral and Chapelhall
• Two amended motorway junctions at Baillieston and Newhouse
• Two railway bridges, including a new Braehead (Cutty Sark) structure
• 30 road structures, including a major crossing of the North Calder Water
• Capacity improvements on M8 Eastbound, Junction 9 to Baillieston Interchange
• Significant environmental mitigation and enhancement works.

The upgrade of the existing A8 corridor between Baillieston and Newhouse will provide a dual three-lane motorway standard or equivalent. 

It will also provide a strategic motorway link catering predominantly for east/west through traffic on the M8 motorway with connections via Baillieston Interchange to the M73 Motorway and a new M8 Shawhead Junction providing a link to the A725 Trunk Road. 

It will include motorway junctions at Baillieston Interchange, Shawhead Junction (A725), Eurocentral Junction, Chapelhall Junction and Newhouse Junction.