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The M876 is a little motorway that makes a shortcut between the M80 and M9, and provides a way for traffic between Fife and Glasgow to go from the M80 to the Kincardine Bridge. It borrows a mile of the M9 to do it. Most of the M876's traffic is, unusually, put straight onto the single-carriageway A876 at the eastern end. However, work on the Upper Forth Crossing includes dualling the A876 on from the motorway's terminus and grade-separating that roundabout.
Before the motorway was built, the short spur from junction 2 and the route west of there was a dual carriageway section of A-road. When motorway restrictions were applied, nobody seems to have checked the road first. There's still a pedestrian crossing part way along the spur, complete with paved section over the central reserve! This appears to be the only such crossing on any British motorway.
The M876 is the only motorway in Britain for which the basic rules of maths were re-written. Follow the junction numbers in order and you'll find yourself counting 5, 1, 2, 8, 7, 3!
Factfile
| Start | Denny (M80) |
| Finish | Kincardine (A876) |
| Passes | None |
| Length | 8 miles |
| Terminates | None |
| Spurs | None |
| Meets | M9 |
Images
Views of the M876 from on and off the road. If you have a photo to contribute, contact me.
Here's the M876 in all its glory: two lanes through the rolling countryside of central Scotland. Here we're approaching the M9 from the Glasgow direction.
Photo by Steven Jukes
Construction Timeline
When the various parts of the M876 were built, listed in chronological order.
| Open | Section |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Entire motorway |
Exit List
All the junctions and destinations along the route.
| Junction | Westbound | Eastbound | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (M80 J5) | Cumbernauld Glasgow M80       |
M80 | WEST |
M80 | N/A |
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2 miles, 2 lanes  |
 2 miles, 2 lanes |
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| 1 | Denny Falkirk A883  |
A883 B905 |
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A883 | Denny Falkirk A883  |
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| 3 miles, 2 lanes |
1 mile, 2 lanes |
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| 2 | (A9) (A88) |
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Stenhousemuir (A88) Larbert (A9) |
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| 2 miles, 2 lanes |
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| (M9 J8) | Stirling M9 |
 |
M9 |   |
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| Cumbernauld Glasgow M876 (M80 )  |
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| 1 mile, 3 lanes |
1 mile, 3 lanes |
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| (M9 J7) | Grangemouth Edinburgh M9 |
M9 |
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Grangemouth Edinburgh M9 |
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| Kincardine Bridge M876  |
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| 1 mile, 2 lanes |
1 mile, 2 lanes |
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| 3 | N/A |
A905 |
 A876 EAST |
A905 |
Kincardine Bridge A876 |
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| Dunmore A905 |
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| Grangemouth A905   |
