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B774

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B774
Location Map ( geo)
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From:  Paisley (NS482636)
To:  Barrhead (NS496601)
Distance:  2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Meets:  A761, B771
Primary Destinations
Highway Authorities

East Renfrewshire • Renfrewshire

Traditional Counties

Renfrewshire

Route outline (key)
B774 Paisley
B774 Paisley - Barrhead

The B774 is a largely urban B-road to the south of Paisley.

Route

Caplethill Road, Paisley

The route starts on the edge of Paisley town centre at traffic lights on the A761 and heads south along Causeyside Street, which is lined with tall tenement blocks, most of which have shops on the ground floor. It soon crosses a bridge over the dismantled railway line (now a popular cycle route) to the west of Paisley Canal station, before bearing left onto Neilston Road. The tenements give way to more modern flats for a time, with a cluster of tower blocks off to the right, as the route continues to climb gently through Paisley's southern suburbs. An unusual, and prominent clock tower rises up above a tenement block on a corner, with another run of shops beyond. After passing a couple of supermarkets, there are two signalised junctions in quick succession, beyond which the route becomes more suburban, with houses slowly replacing the flats and trees and gardens lining the roadside.

The road itself has also narrowed. Most of the more urban part of the route is wide, with two traffic lanes, parking and bus stops along the pavements, and quite often enough room for right turn lanes and traffic islands in the centre as well. As the route nears the edge of the town, however, it is rarely more than a wide S2, with parking bays between junctions and narrow right turn lanes at the junctions. A notable right kink onto Caplethill Road sees Stoney Brae continue ahead, and while this was never the B774, it does give the impression of being the older, steeper route of the main road up the hill. Eventually the road reaches open country, although houses persist on the right for a time, and turns sharply to the left. The route winds along below scrubby woodland and across fields to reach Barrhead, crossing an old railway line along the way. The right side of the road becomes lined with houses although the left side is still open country. This situation continues until the end of the route, where the B771 has to TOTSO as the mainline from the B774 kinks right to head down Paisley Road into the town centre.

History

The B774 in 1923

The B774 as first classified in 1922 simply followed Moss Street in the centre of Paisley. This is the short road shown in the map on the left linking the A740 (now A726) Old Sneddon Street and A737 High Street. By 1932 the route had been extended south along St Mirren Street into Causeyside Street and thence to Barrhead. This situation lasted until the construction of the A761 southern relief road in the 1970s when all of the streets in Paisley's town centre area were declassified. This removed the northernmost section of the B774, including the original Moss Street, giving the route its current length.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Paisley (Moss Street)





B774
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Paisley - Caplethill Road B774 (Potterhill) - Geograph - 370218.jpgNeilston Road at Calside - Geograph - 2387867.jpgCalside - Geograph - 5151005.jpgCalside at Causeyside Street - Geograph - 3518060.jpg
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Anomalous numbers: B77

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