B804
B804 | ||||
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From: | Coatbridge (NS736649) | |||
To: | Gartcosh (NS698686) | |||
Distance: | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) | |||
Meets: | A725, A89, B803, A752 | |||
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The B804 is a short B-road in north Lanarkshire.
It starts at a roundabout on the A89 and A725 on the eastern edge of Coatbridge town centre, and initially heads north west along Main Street, the original line of the A8, before curving north on to Dunbeth Road. Main Street to the west is pedestrianised as the main shopping centre of the town. Dunbeth Road climbs out of the town centre, passing a couple of large car parks before becoming residential. It then crosses the B803 at a double mini roundabout either side of the North Clyde Line, before continuing north along Coltswood Road. The road becomes Gartliston Road at another roundabout, serving a new housing development, and soon leaves the town behind, undulating gently between trees and hedges as it runs across the rolling green fields and passes occasional farms.
A small block of old council housing sits uncomfortably in the landscape before the B804 reaches Glenboig where it goes under the Glasgow to Cumbernauld railway line at a narrow bridge controlled by traffic lights. The road then winds west through the growing village, with glimpses of Garnqueen Loch and comes to a new roundabout, serving a new housing estate and also providing better access to the M73, Gartcosh Station and the various office developments nearby. Turning north, the B804 skirts Marnoch, before sweeping back round to the west and crossing the M73 just to the north of J2A, which unusually links with an unclassified road. The B804 ends shortly afterwards at a T-junction on the A752 opposite Johnston Loch in Gartcosh, and just to the north of the roundabout where the M73 link road ends up.