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Stoneymollan Roundabout

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Stoneymollan Roundabout
Location Map ( geo)
Stoneymollan Roundabout (C) David Dixon - Geograph - 2923395.jpg
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Location
Balloch
County
Dunbartonshire
Highway Authority
Transport Scotland
Junction Type
Roundabout
Roads Joined
A82, A811
Junctions related to the A811

The Stoneymollan Roundabout, also known as the Balloch Roundabout, is at the northern end of the A82s Dual Carriageway from Glasgow City Centre. It is the junction of the A82 and the A811 and was constructed in the late 1970s when the Alexandria Bypass was completed, rerouting both the A82 and A811. The latter route was diverted to terminate here instead of heading south towards Dumbarton. The former route of the A82 still exists a little to the east, running through Balloch and past McDonalds. In 2000 a large metal 'sculpture' was installed in the middle of the roundabout, and was a controversial landmark for over 15 years. However following storm damage in 2021 it has subsequently been removed.

The roundabout is a standard 4 arm junction, with the north, east and south arms being the main roads noted above. To the west, and hardly noticed by travellers, a side road which looks more like a driveway climbs steeply up the hillside to access the properties whose accesses were severed when the bypass was built. This is Upper Stoneymollan Road, with Lower Stoneymollan Road reached via a footbridge, or the old A82 in Balloch.

The old junction lies a little to the east, and was where the A82 met the short A813, before that number was swapped with the A811. It, too, is now a roundabout where the B857 (former A82) terminates on the A811, with the unclassified Old Luss Road continuing north through another roundabout, before coming to an end at a gate with only the cycle route passing. This junction had previously been a triangle junction, with the A813 forking to meet the A82. It seems unlikely that the roundabout was installed before the bypass.

Routes

Route To Notes

A82

Luss, Tarbet, Crianlarich, Helensburgh (A831), Loch Lomond (W), Argyll Forest

A82

Glasgow, Erskine Bridge (A898)

A811

Stirling, Balloch, Alexandria, Loch Lomond (E), The Trossachs
Shieldaig Farm Upper Stoneymollan Road




Stoneymollan Roundabout
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Sculpture on the A82 (C) N Chadwick - Geograph - 2784966.jpgStoneymollan Roundabout (C) David Dixon - Geograph - 2923395.jpg
Features of the A82 Corridor
Route HistoryA82Great Western Road • Loch Lomond • Glen Falloch • Srathfillan • Rannoch Moor • Glencoe • Ballachulish - Fort William • Fort William - Fort Augustus • Loch Ness
Associated Routes: A805 • A829 • A876 • A8005 • B810 • B848 • B863 • B8040
CrossingsErskine Bridge • Dumbarton Bridge • Balloch Bridge • Luss Bridge • White Bridge • Ba Bridge • Kingshouse Bridge • The Study • Achnambeithach Bridge • Ballachulish Bridge • Righ Bridge • Corran Ferry • Kiachnish Bridge • Nevis Bridge • Lochybridge • Caledonian Canal Swing Bridges • Invergarry Bridge • Bridge of Oich • Fort Augustus Bridge • Invermoriston Bridge
JunctionsCharing Cross • Anniesland Cross • Kilbowie Roundabout • Old Kilpatrick • Dunglas Roundabout • Dumbarton Fork • Barloan Toll • Lomondgate Roundabout • Renton Junction • Stoneymollan Roundabout • Arden • Tarbet • Crianlarich • Tyndrum • Bridge of Orchy • Glencoe Crossroads • Ballachulish Roundabout • North Ballachulish • Corran Ferry • West End Roundabout • An Aird • Nevis Bridge • Lochybridge • Spean Bridge • Commando Memorial • Invergarry Bridge • Fort Augustus • Invermoriston • Drumnadrochit • Tomnahurich Roundabout • Telford Street Roundabout • Harbour Road Roundabout • Longman Roundabout
DestinationsGlasgow • Clydebank • Erskine Bridge • Dumbarton • Tarbet • Crianlarich • Tyndrum • Fort William • Lochybridge • Spean Bridge • Inverness


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