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Route information
Length	25.0 mi (40.2 km)
Existed	1974–present
History	M8 to Stepps completed 1992, Stepps to Haggs completed 2011, Haggs to M9 completed 1974
Major junctions
South end	Glasgow Blochairn
North end	Stirling
Major junctions	M8 motorway M73 motorway M876 motorway M9 motorway Junction 9
Location
Primary destinations:	Stirling, Cumbernauld, Glasgow

Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The M80 is a motorway in Scotland. It goes between Glasgow and Stirling. It also links the M73, M8, and M9 motorways together. The motorway is about 25 miles (40 km) long. It first opened in 1974.

Junctions

M80 motorway
Northbound exits	Junction	Southbound exits
Start of motorway	M8 J13	City Centre, Greenock, Glasgow Airport M8
No exit	J1	Blochairn, Carntyne
Bishopbriggs, Robroyston B765	J2	Bishopbriggs, Robroyston B765
Kirkintilloch, Stepps A806	J3	Kirkintilloch, Stepps A806
Moodiesburn, Mollinsburn A80	J4	The South, Glasgow (SE), Carlisle (M74) M73 Moodiesburn, Mollinsburn A80
Kirkintilloch, Kilsyth, Cumbernauld A8011 (B8048)	J4A	No exit
Airdrie A73	J5	Airdrie A73 Kirkintilloch, Kilsyth, Cumbernauld B8048
Cumbernauld, Dullatur, Castlecary A8011	J6	Cumbernauld, Dullatur, Castlecary A8011
No exit	J6A	Bonnybridge B816
Bonnybridge, Denny, Kilsyth A803	J7	Bonnybridge, Kilsyth A803
Kincardine Bridge, Falkirk, Grangemouth M876	J8	No exit
Stirling A91 Stirling services	J9	No exit (use M9 junction 9)
Road continues as M9 towards Perth and Crianlarich (A84)	J9	Start of motorway

Images for kids

The M80 near its southern terminus at Blackhill, with the bridge carrying the Cumbernauld-Stepps railway line

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