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B718

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B718
Location Map ( geo)
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From:  Harthill (NS905644)
To:  Blackridge (NS898671)
Distance:  1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Meets:  B7066, A89
Highway Authorities

North Lanarkshire • West Lothian

Traditional Counties

Lanarkshire • West Lothian

Route outline (key)
B718 Harthill - Blackridge

The B718 is a short link road in Scotland's Central Belt, running between two former routes of the A8.

Blackridge

The route starts at a mini roundabout on the B7066 (which became the A8 in c1933 and remained so until the construction of the parallel M8) opposite the Church of Scotland church in Harthill, which is visible coming south for some distance. From here, it heads north along Westcraigs Road, dropping steadily downhill past a variety of housing, to go over the M8 just to the east of Heart of Scotland (formerly Harthill) Services. The edge of the town lies a little before the motorway, but the straight continues, through trees on both sides of the M8, before a gentle S bend sweeps down to the bottom of the shallow valley. The tiny burn is little more than a ditch, crossed by a small culvert. A series of straights then lift the road slowly up the far side of the valley, past a lonely farm, across a crossroads and into Blackridge village.

Harthill Road leads the B718 over a slight crest, beyond which it runs gently down hill once more, past housing not that dissimilar from Harthill! After going under the North Clyde Line the route follows Westcraigs Road dips to cross the Barbauchlaw Burn, and then a short climb lifts the route to its end at a crossroads on the A89 (which was numbered A8 until c1933). Just as the Harthill end of the route is dominated by a church tower, so the Blackridge end is dominated by Westcraigs Hill, which rises dramatically to the north east of the junction.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Blackridge - Harthill





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