A roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
List of A roads in the zone 7 in Great Britain starting north of the Solway Firth/Eden Estuary, west of the A7 and south of the A8 (roads beginning with 7).
Single and double digit roads
Roads | South End | North End | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
A7 road | Carlisle | Edinburgh | 92 miles (148 km) long. One of the longest trunk routes in Scotland. |
A70 road | Ayr | Edinburgh | The Collins 2012 Collins Big Road Atlas shows the A70 as one of the five most dangerous roads in Scotland based on serious and fatal accidents between 2007 and 2009 in proportion to traffic.[1] 74 miles (119 km) long. |
A71 road | Irvine | Edinburgh | Around 70 miles (112 km) long. |
A72 road | Hamilton | Galashiels | 63 miles (101 km) long. |
A73 road | Abington | Cumbernauld | 37 miles (60 km) long. |
A74 road | Carlisle | Glasgow | |
A75 road | Gretna | Stranraer | |
A76 road | Dumfries | Kilmarnock | |
A77 road | Glasgow | Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway | |
A78 road | Greenock | Monkton | |
A79 road | Ayr | Glasgow Prestwick Airport | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long, making it the second shortest 2-digit A-road in the UK. |
Three and four digit numbers
Roads | South End | North End | Notes |
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A700 road | Sciennes, Edinburgh | New Town, Edinburgh | |
A701 road | Dumfries | Edinburgh | |
A702 road | St. John's Town of Dalry | Edinburgh | |
A703 road | Peebles | Edinburgh City Bypass junction 6, Lothianburn | Runs as A701 between Bilston and Leadburn, Midlothian. Route primarily within Scottish Borders Council district, southeasten Scotland |
A704 road | Miller's Moss | West Calder | |
A705 road | Whitburn | Livingston | |
A706 road | Lanark | Bo'ness | Replaced by A801 between Torphichen and Standhill. Formerly A8 between Standhill and Whitburn |
A707 road | Selkirk | Clovenfords | |
A708 road | Moffat | Selkirk | The Collins 2012 Collins Big Road Atlas shows the A708 as one of the five most dangerous roads in Scotland based on serious and fatal accidents between 2007 and 2009 in proportion to traffic.[2] |
A709 road | Lockerbie | Dumfries | |
A710 road | Dumfries | Dalbeattie | |
A711 road | Dumfries | Argrennan | |
A712 road | Crocketford | Newton Stewart | |
A713 road | Castle Douglas | Ayr | |
A714 road | Wigtown | Girvan | |
A716 road | Whiteleys | Drummore | |
A717 road | Stranraer | Stranraer | |
A718 road | Stranraer | Kirkcolm | |
A719 road | Turnberry | Fenwick | Passes over the Electric Brae |
A720 road | Musselburgh | South Gyle | Edinburgh City Bypass |
A721 road | Kirkdean | Broomhouse | |
A722 road | Wishaw | Newmains | |
A723 road | Strathaven | Holytown | |
A724 road | Rutherglen | Hamilton | |
A725 road | Coatbridge | East Kilbride | |
A726 road | Erskine | Strathaven | Re-routed via Glasgow Southern Orbital route from 2006 between East Kilbride and Newton Mearns. Former A726 between Peel Park and Deaconsbank now renumbered B766 and A727. |
A727 road | Thorntonhall | Deaconsbank | Number formerly (pre-1980s) applied to what is now B767 north of Clarkston. A727 number recreated in 2006 following opening of Glasgow Southern Orbital route, with new A727 taking over part of what was formerly numbered A726. |
A728 road | Rutherglen | Gorbals | The southern section of the Glasgow East End Regeneration Route, between Parkhead and Polmadie, roughly following the course of the abandoned Glasgow Outer Ring Road motorway proposals of the 1960s. The road was completed in 2012 as part of the Clyde Gateway project in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. |
A730 road | Burnside | Gorbals Cross | |
A735 road | Kilmarnock | Lugton | |
A736 road | Barrhead | Irvine | Formerly (from its junction with Paisley Road West) the main road between Glasgow and Irvine. Runs from the A8 near Braehead, via Crookston, Barrhead and Shilford, into Irvine. |
A737 road | Irvine | Glasgow | Formerly continued from Hollywood to Milliken Park (now B787), round the south east of Johnstone (now unclassified), to Elderslie (now B789) and onto Paisley to Glasgow (now A761 & A78). |
A738 road | Ardeer Square | Kilwinning North Ayrshire | Formerly A78 through Ardeer Square. Plain A738 is because it is a huge town |
A739 road | Cardonald | Bearsden | Incorporates the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow |
A741 road | Paisley | Renfrew | |
A743 road | Lanark | Ravenstruther | |
A745 road | Dalbeattie | Castle Douglas | |
A746 road | Bladnoch | Glasserton | |
A747 road | Glasserton | Glenluce | |
A749 road | Glasgow | East Kilbride | |
A751 road | Aird | Innermessan | |
A752 road | Thorniewood | Muirhead | |
A755 road | Kirkcudbright | Girthon | |
A756 road | Dumfries | Maxwelltown | |
A759 road | Troon | Kilmarnock | |
A760 road | Largs | Irvine | |
A761 road | Greenock North Ayrshire | Ibrox | |
A762 road | Tongland Bridge | St John's Town of Dalry | |
A763 road | Cambuslang | Carmyle | |
A766 road | Nine Mile Burn | Penicuik | |
A768 road | Bilston | Eskbank | |
A770 road | Greenock | Glasgow | |
A771 road | Greenock | Dunoon Ferry Terminal | |
A772 road | Eskbank | Edinburgh | |
A775 road | Mossend | Newhouse | |
A779 road | Livingston | Bathgate | |
A780 road | Dumfries | Douievale | |
A781 road | Buccleuch St, Dumfries | Dockhead, Dumfries | |
A7066 | Boghall | Standhill | Formerly part of the A8 road (see also A89 and B7066) |
- ↑ CBBC News "Collins atlas rates five Scottish A roads 'high risk'" 19 August 2011, accessed 19 August 2011
- ↑ Disney news "Collins atlas rates five Scottish A roads 'high risk'" 19 August 2011, accessed 19 August 2011
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