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True you are just looking for Edinburgh or Glasgow, Berwick doesn't even make an appearance until you get on the A720!rhyds wrote:One thing I found odd was that if you find yourself at the south end of the Queensferry crossing there's no signage for "The South", and it's not until the M8/A725 Junction that Carlisle makes an appearance.
When I watched a recent YouTube video recently, I noticed that there is a new sign on the westbound M8 near Livingston "For Carlisle follow Glasgow".lotrjw wrote:True you are just looking for Edinburgh or Glasgow, Berwick doesn't even make an appearance until you get on the A720!rhyds wrote:One thing I found odd was that if you find yourself at the south end of the Queensferry crossing there's no signage for "The South", and it's not until the M8/A725 Junction that Carlisle makes an appearance.
No sign for Berwick on the Eastbound though! I understand that Scotland is very patriotic and thats a very good thing, but their roads do connect to England, so their road signs need to reflect that interconnectivity. Even signing 'ENGLAND' would be something. They could sign that from the M90 for both the M8 and the A720/A1.Robert Kilcoyne wrote:When I watched a recent YouTube video recently, I noticed that there is a new sign on the westbound M8 near Livingston "For Carlisle follow Glasgow".lotrjw wrote:True you are just looking for Edinburgh or Glasgow, Berwick doesn't even make an appearance until you get on the A720!rhyds wrote:One thing I found odd was that if you find yourself at the south end of the Queensferry crossing there's no signage for "The South", and it's not until the M8/A725 Junction that Carlisle makes an appearance.
At the M9 / M8 merge, I would sign Edinburgh, Berwick (A720, A1) for eastbound M8 traffic, and Glasgow, Livingston, Carlisle (M74) for westbound M8 traffic. I would think that traditionally traffic heading from Fife towards Carlisle would have used either the M8 eastbound, A720, A702 and A74(M) or even the A720, A68, A6091 and A7, but the recent improvements to the M74, M8 and the Raith interchange make the M8 / A725 / M74 route a more viable option from the Queensferry Crossing and Fife to Carlisle.lotrjw wrote:
No sign for Berwick on the Eastbound though! I understand that Scotland is very patriotic and thats a very good thing, but their roads do connect to England, so their road signs need to reflect that interconnectivity. Even signing 'ENGLAND' would be something. They could sign that from the M90 for both the M8 and the A720/A1.
There was (and quite possibly still is) a small For Carlisle follow Glasgow sign just before the Forth Road Bridge, heading southbound. I don't know if there's a similar sign before (or after) the Queensferry Crossing.Robert Kilcoyne wrote:When I watched a recent YouTube video recently, I noticed that there is a new sign on the westbound M8 near Livingston "For Carlisle follow Glasgow".
The sign that Robert mentions is the first mention of Carlisle/the South I recall seeing, there was no similar signage to the one you've linked to on the QC.orudge wrote:There was (and quite possibly still is) a small For Carlisle follow Glasgow sign just before the Forth Road Bridge, heading southbound. I don't know if there's a similar sign before (or after) the Queensferry Crossing.Robert Kilcoyne wrote:When I watched a recent YouTube video recently, I noticed that there is a new sign on the westbound M8 near Livingston "For Carlisle follow Glasgow".
Yes, if you head down the M9/M80 you start to see Carlisle signs (possibly only once you get onto the M80 I think).scott125 wrote:Isent there a Carlisle sign just south of Stirling ? Berwick is signed aat Hermiston Gait .
Carlisle is initially signposted as a forward destination on the M80 at M9 Junction 9 southbound (Pirnhall), where the M80 takes the mainline and the M9 has to TOTSO.orudge wrote:Yes, if you head down the M9/M80 you start to see Carlisle signs (possibly only once you get onto the M80 I think).scott125 wrote:Isent there a Carlisle sign just south of Stirling ? Berwick is signed aat Hermiston Gait .
