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The motorway is usually referred to as the M74, as it is one continuous route and has a continuous junction numbering system, but south of Abington it is the A74(M), as noted on each sign, save for one erroneous "M74" sign at Gretna Green services. One reason for this was an intended future-proofing measure.
It is 7 miles (11 km) long and connects the M74 motorway with the M80 motorway, providing an eastern bypass for Glasgow. The short stretch between junctions 1 and 2 is part of unsigned international E-road network E05, where it continues along the M8 through Glasgow. To the south, the M74 motorway is also part of the E05.
Some slip roads in the Glasgow section unusually enter and exit from the overtaking lane. The motorway includes one of the busiest river crossings in Europe, Glasgow's Kingston Bridge . Several incomplete structures were built around the motorway - at least 3 have been demolished or reused from the 1960s dubbed Bridges to Nowhere .
10 16 M58: A west-east motorway linking Liverpool to Wigan. Merseyside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester: 49,376 12 19 M6: A southeast-northwest motorway linking the West Midlands to North West England and Scotland. Continues as A74(M). The first and longest motorway in the country to be built. [3]
The M74 begins at a junction with Grosvenor Road ().[3]: 15 It heads north-east as Bryanston Drive until it reaches Winnie Mandela Drive ().[3]: 15 Here the route turns east and after a short distance crosses Main Road continuing eastward as Bryanston Drive before turning south-east.
M74 rocket, an incendiary rocket for a shoulder-fired M202A1 FLASH launcher; M74 armored recovery vehicle, a variant of the M4 Sherman tank; M-74 (Michigan highway), a former state highway in Michigan; M74 (or Mk 74), a submunition (bomblet) used with American ATACMS missiles; M74 syndrome, a disease prevalent in Baltic salmon
These share the defining properties of motorway service areas, being named service areas operated by a single company with a range of facilities including food & drink providers, toilet facilities and vehicle servicing facilities. Such service areas are rare on most A-roads, where basic filling stations with a single shop are more common.
Hamilton services is a motorway service station near the town of Hamilton, Scotland.The service station is located next to the M74 motorway between junctions 6 and 5 and may be accessed in the northbound direction only - its southbound counterpart between junctions 4 and 5 is Bothwell services.