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A776

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A776
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From:  East Kilbride (NS643556)
To:  Burnbank (NS703560)
Distance:  4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Met (1956) A749, B758, A724
Former Number(s):  A726
Now part of:  A725, B7012
Primary Destinations
Traditional Counties

Lanarkshire

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A776 East Kilbride - Burnbank
The now-unclassified former A776 near East Kilbride

The A776 was a short A-road in west Lanarkshire.

Starting on the A749 to the east of East Kilbride the route headed east to cross the River Calder and enter High Blantyre. Now heading south east along High Blantyre Road, the route continued into Burnbank, now a suburb of Hamilton, where it ended on the A724.


The newly dualled A776 in 1968

The A776 came into being in 1934 when the A726 was rerouted to the south of East Kilbride instead of east; the A776 took over the vacated section. Later road improvements dualled the western section of the A776 in 1967 (the old road is the unclassified road just to the north). With the completion of the bypass of the eastern section, the A776 was downgraded; the new road became an extension of the A725 whilst the old road through High Blantyre became the B7012. Burnbank itself has now been bypassed (by the A724) and the old A776 through the centre is now pedestrianised.

An official document from 16/05/1934 details the following changes: Section of Route A726 from a junction with Route A749 south of Nerston Lanarkshire via High Blantyre to a junction with Route A74 at Hamilton to be renumbered A776





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