M8 motorway

E8866
motorway road in Scotland

The M8 motorway is a major Scottish highway linking the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh and serving as a key east–west transport corridor across the Central Belt.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
M8 motorway canonical 40
M8 eastbound carriageway 1
M8 motorway (Glasgow) 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf motorway ⓘ
road in Scotland ⓘ
connectsCity Edinburgh ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDirection east–west ⓘ
hasFunction commuter route ⓘ
inter‑urban traffic route ⓘ
hasJunctionWith M73 motorway ⓘ
M74 motorway ⓘ
M73 motorway ⓘ
surface form: M80 motorway

M9 motorway ⓘ
M90 motorway ⓘ
hasLaneConfiguration multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ
hasServiceArea various motorway service areas along route ⓘ
hasSpeedLimit 70 mph on most sections ⓘ
hasToll false ⓘ
hasUrbanSectionIn Glasgow ⓘ
isKeyRouteFor Central Belt economy ⓘ
isMajorTransportCorridor true ⓘ
isNumberedWithin M‑class motorways in the United Kingdom ⓘ
isPrimaryRouteBetween Glasgow and Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
managedBy Transport Scotland ⓘ
openedInPart 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
partOf British motorway network ⓘ
passesThrough Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh

Glasgow City Council ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow City council area

North Lanarkshire ⓘ
West Lothian ⓘ
roadNumber M8 ⓘ
roadSurface asphalt ⓘ
roadType dual carriageway ⓘ
servesAs key east–west transport corridor across the Central Belt ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Lowlands of Scotland → hasTransportInfrastructure → M8 motorway ⓘ
M9 motorway → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
M74 motorway → connectsTo → M8 motorway ⓘ
M74 motorway → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
River Almond → crossedBy → M8 motorway ⓘ
Livingston → servedByRoad → M8 motorway ⓘ
Renfrewshire → hasMotorway → M8 motorway ⓘ
West Lothian → hasTransport → M8 motorway ⓘ
North Lanarkshire → traversedBy → M8 motorway ⓘ
Glasgow Airport → connectedBy → M8 motorway ⓘ
this entity surface form: motorway M8
M73 motorway → connectsTo → M8 motorway ⓘ
M73 motorway → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
A8 road → hasParallelRoute → M8 motorway ⓘ
A8 road → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
central Scotland → traversedBy → M8 motorway ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Scotland
M77 motorway → linksTo → M8 motorway ⓘ
M77 motorway → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
Glasgow and Edinburgh → hasMotorway → M8 motorway ⓘ
subject surface form: Glasgow
Glasgow and Edinburgh → hasMotorway → M8 motorway ⓘ
subject surface form: Edinburgh
Scottish trunk road network → includes → M8 motorway ⓘ
Kinning Park subway station → locatedNear → M8 motorway ⓘ
North Calder Water → crossesUnder → M8 motorway ⓘ
South Calder Water → crosses → M8 motorway ⓘ
Bellshill → servedByMotorway → M8 motorway ⓘ
Newbridge → roadJunctionFor → M8 motorway ⓘ
Kingston Bridge → carries → M8 motorway ⓘ
Kingston Bridge → partOf → M8 motorway ⓘ
Kingston Bridge → hasApproachRoad → M8 motorway ⓘ
this entity surface form: M8 eastbound carriageway
Deans → hasRoadAccess → M8 motorway ⓘ
Bankton → locatedNear → M8 motorway ⓘ
M80 motorway → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
A725 road → connectsTo → M8 motorway ⓘ
A89 road → parallelTo → M8 motorway ⓘ
Glasgow motorway network → hasComponent → M8 motorway ⓘ
Glasgow motorway network → primaryRoute → M8 motorway ⓘ
M80 → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
Kingston Bridge, Glasgow → carries → M8 motorway ⓘ
Kingston Bridge, Glasgow → partOf → M8 motorway ⓘ
this entity surface form: M8 motorway corridor
Glasgow–Edinburgh transport corridor → roadComponentIncludes → M8 motorway ⓘ
Gogar → hasTransportConnection → M8 motorway ⓘ
West Central Scotland → hasMotorway → M8 motorway ⓘ
Langbank → roadAccess → M8 motorway ⓘ
Linthouse → hasNearbyMotorway → M8 motorway ⓘ
M74 motorway (nearby) → hasJunctionWith → M8 motorway ⓘ
subject surface form: M74 motorway
this entity surface form: M8 motorway in Glasgow
Cowcaddens Road → hasNearbyFeature → M8 motorway ⓘ
this entity surface form: M8 motorway (Glasgow)