M876 motorway

M876 motorway
Route information
Length:	8.0 mi (12.9 km)
Existed:	1980 – present
Major junctions
From:	Dennyloanhead
	M80 motorway Junction 8 M9 motorway Junctions 7 and 8
To:	Bowtrees near Kincardine Bridge
Location
Primary destinations:	Kincardine Bridge, Falkirk
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The M876 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. The motorway runs from Denny to Airth in the Falkirk council area, forming an approach road to the Kincardine Bridge. It was opened in 1980.

The road is 8 miles (13 km) long. It begins by turning off junction 8 (formerly junction 5 until 2011) the M80 and bypasses Falkirk and Stenhousemuir. It is one of only three motorways in the UK which form a concurrency with another motorway, the M9 which it then leaves again and continues for 1 mile (1.6 km) before becoming the A876.

The original Kincardine Bridge was supplemented in 2008 by a second bridge, (the Clackmannanshire Bridge) for traffic towards Alloa. As part of the works, the terminal roundabout Bowtrees Roundabout was replaced with a grade separated junction, and the A876 beyond the junction has been upgraded to dual carriageway standard .

Junctions

M876 motorway
Westbound	Junction	Eastbound
Glasgow, Cumbernauld M80	M80 J8	Start of motorway
Falkirk, Denny A883	J1	Falkirk, Denny A883
No exit	J2	Stenhousemuir, Larbert A88
Stirling M9	M9 J8	No exit
Edinburgh, Falkirk, Livingston, Bathgate A801 M9	M9 J7	Edinburgh, Grangemouth M9
Start of motorway	J3	Kincardine Bridge A876 Grangemouth A905 Airth A905

See also

• List of motorways in the United Kingdom

External links

• CBRD
  • Motorway Database – M876
  • Videos – M876
• Pathetic Motorways – M876
• The Motorway Archive – M876
• Upper Forth Crossing details – M876/A876