B810 (Great Western Road)
B810 | ||||
Location Map ( geo) | ||||
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From: | Glasgow (NS585661) | |||
To: | Anniesland (NS545688) | |||
Via: | Great Western Road | |||
Distance: | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) | |||
Met: | A81, B811, B768, A806, B813 | |||
Now part of: | A82 | |||
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Route outline (key) | ||||
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For the current B810 from Polmont to Shieldhill, see B810.
In 1922, when the roads were first classified, the Great Western Road only reached out as far as Anniesland Cross; however, it seems that plans were already afoot to extend it and by 1927 it had reached Duntocher, bar for the Cloberhill Canal Bridge which opened in 1930 to complete the route. As a result, the B810, which followed this road, was a very short lived route, only existing in this period. It then became the A876, which took on the extension as well, but this didn't fare much better as the whole route gave way to the A82 in 1935.
The route originally started at Cowcaddens Cross on the A81 and headed west along New City Road. This became Great Western Road at St Georges Cross, and continued in a straight line out to the routes terminus on the original A806 at Anniesland Cross. The original eastern end of the B810 along New City Road has been severed by the M8. Although the dead-straight line of the road still exists, this is intermittent and can no longer be followed in its entirety.
The only real claim to fame that this route has is that it was the only classified road in 1922 that has become part of the A82; all of the other re-routings that survive to the present day were along new-build roads, except for Kenneth Street in Inverness which was originally a very small part of A88.