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.

Aliases (1)

motorway M8 ×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 → 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 Belt of Scotland →
managedBy	Transport Scotland →
openedInPart	1960s → 1970s →
partOf	British motorway network →
passesThrough	City of Edinburgh → 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 (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
M74 motorway → M9 motorway →	hasJunctionWith
Glasgow Airport ("motorway M8") →	connectedBy
M74 motorway →	connectsTo
River Almond →	crossedBy
Renfrewshire →	hasMotorway
West Lothian →	hasTransport
Central Lowlands of Scotland →	hasTransportInfrastructure
Livingston →	servedByRoad
North Lanarkshire →	traversedBy