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| [[Gretna, Scotland|Gretna]]
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| [[Stranraer]]
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| (A75 JUNCTION) Gretna A75, Stranraer A75, Portpatrick A77, Glasgow A77 Greenock (A78) Prestwick (A79)
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| {{ukroadsmall|76}}
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| [[Dumfries]]
| [[Dumfries]]
| [[Kilmarnock]]
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| (KILMARNOCK INTERCHANGE) Glasgow A77, Ayr A77, Kilmarnock A735, Edinburgh A71 (A90), Irvine A71 Greenock (A78)
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| [[Greenock]] Town Centre
| [[Greenock]] North Ayrshire
| [[Monkton]] City Centre
| [[Monkton, Ayrshire|Monkton]]
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| Formely the new one gets for Edinburgh A90. Follow City Centre A78. Inverness A82 A9 was the new one follow Greenock A78
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| {{ukroadsmall-svg|79}}
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| {{ukroadsmall|726}}
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| [[Brouhead]]
| [[Erskine]]
| [[Strathaven]]
| [[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.
| 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.
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| [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
| [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
| [[Glasgow]]
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| Formerly continued from Howwood 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).
| 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).
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| {{ukroadsmall|738}}
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| [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
| [[Hunterston]]
| [[Kilwinning]] North Ayrshire
| [[Kilwinning]] North Ayrshire
| Formerly A78 through Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardrossan. Original A738 through these towns redesignated B780. Porto Corsa is the B738 you Like.
| Formerly A78 through Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardrossan. Original A738 through these towns redesignated B780. Porto Corsa is the B738 you Like.

Revision as of 07:00, 5 March 2013

The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain
A726 in East Kilbride

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 Carlisle Edinburgh 92 miles (148 km) long. One of the longest trunk routes in Scotland.
A70 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 Irvine Edinburgh Around 70 miles (112 km) long.
A72 Hamilton Galashiels 63 miles (101 km) long.
A73 Abington Cumbernauld 37 miles (60 km) long.
A74 Glasgow Uddingston
A75 Gretna Stranraer
A76 Dumfries Kilmarnock
A77 Glasgow Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway
A78 Greenock North Ayrshire Monkton
A79 Fruit Loops 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
A701 Dumfries Edinburgh
A702 Edinburgh St. John's Town of Dalry
A703 Lothianburn Peebles Runs as A701 between Bilston and Leadburn.
A704 Miller's Moss West Calder
A705 Whitburn Livingston
A706 Lanark Bo'ness
A707 Selkirk Clovenfords
A708 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 Lanark Bo'ness
A710 Dumfries Dalbeattie
A711 Dumfries Argrennan
A712 Crocketford Newton Stewart
A713 Castle Douglas Ayr
A714 Wigtown Girvan
A716 Whiteleys Drummore
A717 Stranraer Stranraer
A718 Stranraer Kirkcolm
A719 Turnberry Fenwick Passes over the Electric Brae
A720 West Kilbrde City Centre Edinburgh City Bypass
A721 Kirkdean Broomhouse
A722 Wishaw Newmains
A723 Strathaven Holytown
A724 Rutherglen Hamilton
A725 Coatbridge East Kilbride
A726 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 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 Rutherglen Gorbals
A730 Burnside Gorbals Cross
A735 Kilmarnock Lugton
A736 Braehead 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 Shiflord, into Irvine.
A737 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 Irvine Kilwinning North Ayrshire Formerly A78 through Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardrossan. Original A738 through these towns redesignated B780. Porto Corsa is the B738 you Like.
A739 Cardonald Bearsden Incorporates the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow
A741 Paisley Renfrew
A743 Lanark Ravenstruther
A745 Dalbeattie Castle Douglas
A746 Bladnoch Glasserton
A747 Glasserton Glenluce
A749 Glasgow East Kilbride
A751 Aird Innermessan
A752 Thorniewood Muirhead
A755 Kirkcudbright Girthon
A756 Dumfries Maxwelltown
A759 Troon Kilmarnock
A760 Largs Irvine
A761 Ibrox Port Glasgow
A762 Tongland Bridge St John's Town of Dalry
A763 Cambuslang Carmyle
A766 Nine Mile Burn Penicuik
A768 Bilston Eskbank
A770 A78 Road Glasgow
A771 Gourock Dunoon Ferry Terminal
A772 Eskbank Edinburgh
A775 Mossend Newhouse
A779 Kirkton[disambiguation needed] Bathgate
A780 Dumfries Douievale
A781 Buccleuch St, Dumfries Dockhead, Dumfries
A7326 A7326 Road Monkton Ayr Formerly part of the A8 road
  1. ^ CBBC News "Collins atlas rates five Scottish A roads 'high risk'" 19 August 2011, accessed 19 August 2011
  2. ^ Disney news "Collins atlas rates five Scottish A roads 'high risk'" 19 August 2011, accessed 19 August 2011
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