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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. For many years, most of the M876's traffic was put straight onto the single-carriageway A876 at the eastern end, but the construction of the Upper Forth Crossing included improving the A876 to a dual carriageway and grade-separating junction 3, so its terminus is now rather more dignified.

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 to see if it had any features that weren't suitable on a motorway. 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.

Construction Timeline

When the various parts of the M876 were built, listed in chronological order.

Open		Jct	Section
Feb	1980		Entire motorway

Exit List

All the junctions and destinations along the route.

Junction		Westbound								Eastbound
(M80 J5)		Cumbernauld Glasgow M80		M80		WEST		M80
		2 miles, 2 lanes								2 miles, 2 lanes
1		Denny Falkirk A883		A883 B905				A883		Denny Falkirk A883
		3 miles, 2 lanes								1 mile, 2 lanes
2				(A9) (A88)						Stenhousemuir (A88) Larbert (A9)
										2 miles, 2 lanes
(M9 J8)		Stirling M9 Cumbernauld Glasgow M876 (M80 )						M9
		1 mile, 3 lanes								1 mile, 3 lanes
(M9 J7)		Grangemouth Edinburgh M9		M9						Grangemouth Edinburgh M9 Kincardine Bridge M876
		1 mile, 2 lanes								1 mile, 2 lanes
3		Skinflats Larbert A905		A905		A876 EAST		A905		Kincardine Bridge A876 Dunmore Grangemouth A905