M898 motorway

Summary

The M898 motorway is a 1-mile (1.6 km) motorway in Renfrewshire, Scotland.[1] It is a spur route from the M8 motorway towards the Erskine Bridge. It lacks hard shoulders along its length. Its northern terminus comes at the junction with the A726 road, the former location of the toll booths for the Erskine Bridge, which were removed on 1 April 2006.[2]

M898 shield
M898
Map
M898 highlighted in blue
Route information
Length1 mi (1.6 km)
Existed1975–present
Major junctions
Southwest endErskine
Major intersections
M8 motorway
Northeast endErskine near Erskine Bridge
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Primary
destinations
Erskine Bridge, Greenock, Glasgow Airport, Paisley, Glasgow Airport
Road network
M876 

Junctions edit

County Location mi km Junction Destinations Notes
Renfrewshire Erskine 0 0 [coord 1]   M8  - Glasgow, Glasgow Airport, Greenock
1.0 1.6 1[coord 2]   A898  - Erskine Bridge
  A726 - Erskine, Inchinnan
End of motorway; continues as A898
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Coordinate list
  1. ^ 55°54′00″N 4°29′02″W / 55.900°N 4.484°W / 55.900; -4.484 (Junction 30 of M8)
  2. ^ 55°54′32″N 4°28′19″W / 55.909°N 4.472°W / 55.909; -4.472 (Junction 1 of M898)

References edit

  1. ^ "M898". Roads.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. ^ "End of the road for tolls on Erskine Bridge". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links edit

Template:Attached KML/M898 motorway
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  • Glasgow Motorway Archive - The M898 Motorway
  • CBRD Motorway Database – M898
  • Pathetic Motorways – M898