Scottish Motorway Opening Dates

This data has been collated from Roads.org.uk (formerly CBRD) Motorway Database pages, and then expanded. Asterisks (*) indicate a temporary terminus near the current junction numbered.

Motorway	Month	Year	Section	Notes
M90	8	1964	J1B - J2	Forth Road Bridge Approach
A823(M)	8	1964	Entire motorway
M8	11	1965	J4 - J5	Harthill Bypass
M74	12	1966	J5 - J8	Bothwell to Hamilton
M8	8	1967	J5 - J6	Harthill to Newhouse
M8	3	1968	J26 - J29	Renfrew Bypass
M74	5	1968	J4 - J5	Hamilton to Draffan
M9	8	1968	J4 - J9	Polmont and Falkirk Bypass
M8		1968	J15 - J16	Glasgow Inner Ring Road, Townhead section
M8	9	1969	J3 - J4	Dechmont to Whitburn
M90	12	1969	J2 - J3	Crossgates to Kelty
M90	7	1970	J3 - J5	Cowdenbeath Bypass
M9	11	1970	J1 - J2	Newbridge to Kirkliston (and spur)
M8	12	1970	J29 - J30	Bishopton Bypass Stage I
M8		1970	J19 - J20	Glasgow Inner Ring Road, Kingston Bridge section
M9	4	1971	J10 - J11	Stirling Bypass Stage I
M8	5	1971	J2 - J3	Newbridge to Dechmont
M8		1971	J16 - J17	Glasgow Inner Ring Road, Woodside section
M73	4	1972	J1 - J3	Effectively the entire motorway, which has only had a short extension to meet the new M80
M90	5	1972	J5 - J8	Kinross and Milnathort Bypass
M9	12	1972	J2 - J4	Kirkliston to Lathallan
M8		1972	J18 - J19	Glasgow Inner Ring Road, Charing Cross section
M8		1972	J17 - J18	Glasgow Inner Ring Road, Woodside to Charing Cross
M9	5	1974	J9 - J10	Stirling Bypass Stage II
M80	5	1974	J7 - J9	Haggs to Pirnhall
M8	5	1975	J12 - J15	Monkland Motorway Stage I
M8	11	1975	J30 - J31	Bishopton Bypass Stage II
M898	11	1975	Entire motorway
M90	3	1977	J8 - J8*	Arlary to Arngask
M8	10	1977	J20 - J26	Renfrew Motorway
M77	10	1977	J0 - J1	M8 to Dumbreck Road
M90	12	1977	J9 - J10	Muirmont to Craigend
M8		1977c	J29A	Closed to traffic
M85	5	1978	J10 - J11	Craigend to A90 (Now M90 ) South Perth Bypass.
M90	5	1978	J10 - J12	Craigend to A9 South west Perth Bypass
M8	6	1979	J11 - J12	Monkland Motorway Stage IIa
M876	2	1980	Entire motorway
M8	4	1980	J8 - J9	Ballieston to Glasgow City Boundary
M8	4	1980	J9 - J11	Monkland Motorway Stage IIb
M90	10	1980	J8* - J9	Arngask to Muirmont
M74	10	1986	J8 - J11	Larkhall to Poniel
M74	11	1987	J11 - J12	Poniel to Millbank
M74	11	1991	J12 - J13	Millbank to Nether Abington
M80	6	1992	J0 - J3	Stepps Bypass
A74(M)	8	1992	J14 - J15*	Elvanfoot to Paddy's Rickle
A74(M)	12	1992	J21 - J22	Kirkpatrick Fleming to Gretna
A74(M)	11	1993	J13 - J14	Nether Abington to Elvanfoot
M74	4	1994	J2A - J4	Fullarton Road to Maryville (Opened as J1 - J4)
A74(M)	9	1994	J16 - J19	Dinwoodie Green to Ecclefechan
A74(M)	1	1995	J16* - J16	St Ann's to Dinwoodie Green
A74(M)	11	1995	J19 - J21	Ecclefechan to Kirkpatrick Fleming
M8	12	1995	J1 - J2	Edinburgh City Bypass to Newbridge
M77	4	1996	J1 - J3	Dumbreck Road to Glasgow City Boundary
M77	12	1996	J3 - J5	Glasgow City Boundary to Malletsheugh
A74(M)	4	1999	J15* - J16*	Paddy's Rickle to St Ann's
M73		1999	J2A	New junction added
M77	4	2005	J5 - J8	Malletsheugh to Fenwick
M90	9	2007	J0 - J1	Kirkliston to South Queensferry (Opened as a spur of M9)
M74	6	2011	M74 J1 - J3	Glasgow to Fullarton Road
M80	9	2011	J3 - J7	Stepps to Haggs
M73	9	2011	J3 - J4	Extension to meet new M80 line
M876		2012	J2	East facing sliproads added
M8	9	2013	J4A	New, privately funded, junction added
A8(M)	10	2016	Entire Motorway	Short connection at Baillieston Interchange
M8	4	2017	J6 - J8	Newhouse to Baillieston
M90	8	2017	J1 - J1B	Queensferry Crossing, replacing Forth Road Bridge
M8		2018	J29A	Reinstatement of former Southbar Junction, with different sliproad alignments