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Kingston Roundabout (Port Glasgow)

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Kingston Roundabout
Location Map ( geo)
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Scooters approaching the roundabout on the A8 eastbound
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Location
Port Glasgow
County
Renfrewshire
Highway Authority
Transport Scotland
Junction Type
Roundabout
Roads Joined
A8
Kingston Roundabout stands on the south bank of the River Clyde

Kingston Roundabout lies on the A8 in the west end of Port Glasgow, virtually on the south bank of the River Clyde. It takes its name from the Kingston Shipyard which stood here until the 1990s. One of the old shipyard slipways can be seen from the roundabout at low tide.

It was built as a four arm roundabout when the A8 dual carriageway was realigned in 2007 to make way for the retail and housing developments on the site of the former Kingston and Glen shipyards. Two arms served the A8, one served the (as yet unbuilt) retail park and the other served the new housing developments west of the A8. This was the second major realignment of this stretch of the A8 since the early 1970s when the town centre was by-passed.

Routes

Route To Notes

A8

Greenock, Glen Roundabout, Town Centre, Gibshill

A8

Glasgow, Comet Roundabout (Port Glasgow), Langbank, Bishopton, Paisley, (M8), Erskine Bridge (M898)
Russell Way, retail park Occasional A8 emergency detour route
Lithgow Way, Inchgreen Alternate route to A8 at Bogston




Kingston Roundabout (Port Glasgow)
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Other nearby junctions
Port Glasgow
Junctions on the A8
West End • Drumbrae Junction • Maybury Junction • Gogar Roundabout • Airport Junction • Newbridge Roundabout • Newhouse Junction • Chapelhall Junction • Eurocentral Junction • Shawhead Junction • Bargeddie Junction • Baillieston Interchange • Swinton Roundabout • Glasgow Cross • Gorbals Crossroads • Seaward Street Interchange • Shieldhall Roundabout • Red Smiddy Roundabout • Barrangary Roundabout • Chestnut Roundabout • West Ferry Interchange • Langbank Roundabout • Woodhall Roundabout • Newark Roundabout • Comet Roundabout • Kingston Roundabout • Glen Roundabout • Cartsdyke Roundabout • Bullring Roundabout


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