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| South end | East Kilbride 55°46′33″N4°09′48″W / 55.7759°N 4.1633°W /55.7759; -4.1633 (A749 road (southern end)) |
| North end | Glasgow 55°51′23″N4°14′38″W / 55.8564°N 4.2438°W /55.8564; -4.2438 (A749 road (northern end)) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Primary destinations | East Kilbride Nerston Rutherglen Glasgow Cross |
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TheA749 road in Scotland connectsEast Kilbride withGlasgow city centre viaRutherglen andBridgeton.
The road starts off as adual carriageway at a roundabout called "The Whirlies", with a junction for theA725 road. Running north it quickly meets another roundabout for theA749 spur which connects onto the A725 (added in the 1990s to bypass the Whirlies where possible to ease congestion); another exit provides access to the former Rolls-Royce engineering works, which closed in 2010s and was converted mostly to housing to complement existing commercial and retail property. The road continues past a third roundabout with exits for theStewartfield district (as of 2020, a proposal was in place to upgrade this to a dual carriageway for better links to theA726 on the western side of the town),[2] and for the Kingsgate Retail Park (Nerston). After a traffic light junction the road becomes National Speed Limit, descending down a long hill flanked by fields towardsRutherglen, offering panoramic views over much ofGreater Glasgow. In this rural section it is known as Glasgow Road.
Around two miles north-west there is a grade separated staggered junction for theB759 road to Greenlees Road (forCambuslang/Kirkhill) to the east followed by Cathkin Braes Road (forCarmunnock) to the west, and the permitted speed reduces to a 40-mile-per-hour limit. The junction can be dangerous due to the speeds involved, and the fact that the traffic for Cambuslang queued in the fast lane at busy times and crosses the southbound lanes, as does traffic from the B road onto the northbound carriageway. Fatalities have occurred[3][4] and the construction of a new residential development in the adjacent fields led to safety measures being proposed in 2017[5] and introduced two years later.
The road continues on to another roundabout where it meets the end of theA730 road – theCathkin bypass. Now known as East Kilbride Road, the A749 continues north for another brief spell as a 40-mile-per-hour dual carriageway passing theSpringhall andWhitlawburn housing schemes, but soon afterwards drops to a 30-mile-per-hour zone and the dual carriageway section ends at a junction with Blairbeth Road (formerly the A730 until a re-designation upon the completion of the bypass in 2017). it travels intoBurnside as East Kilbride Road until reachingBurnside railway station.
Turning north onto Stonelaw Road, it meets the start of the B762 (Dukes Road), forms the traditional 'high street' retail zone for the area,[6] then and continues north and downhill to Rutherglen town centre, directly overlooked by houses at a few points but generally open space – two small parks, a care home complex set back from the road, and a bowling green – or civic buildings including the local health centre, a church and the converted building ofRutherglen Academy. It goes through a long-established cutting – concrete walls approximately 13 feet (4.0 m) high on either side, topped by vegetation – through higher ground known as Clincarthill on the west side and Wardlawhill on the east side, soon meeting the historic Main Street (B768) at Rutherglen Cross. Becoming the narrow Farmeloan Road, it crosses over theWest Coast Main Line railway besideRutherglen railway station, and under the elevatedM74 motorway (however offers no access). A junction with the end of theA724 (Cambuslang Road) at Farme Cross results in another name change, to Dalmarnock Road; this is followed by crossing theRiver Clyde. Passing theClyde Walkway, the road enters the City of Glasgow proper still heading in a northwesterly direction.
The road enters Glasgow atDalmarnock and where it meets theGlasgow East End Regeneration Route (A728) atDalmarnock railway station and continues past theB763 road (Dunn Street), then enters theBridgeton District as Dalmarnock Road.
AtBridgeton Cross andBridgeton railway station, the A749 label switches onto London Road (with small sections swapping designation with theA74 near toGlasgow Green) and carries on west to Glasgow city centre, passingCalton andThe Barrasflea market. It forms a brief part of the one-way system along with theA89 road (Gallowgate) on the eastern edge of theMerchant City.
It ends atGlasgow Cross, a grade junction with theA8 (High Street/Saltmarket); thereafter the road continues as theTrongate (historically part of theA82 road) into the heart of the city centre unclassified.
The '18' bus service, one of the primary routes by the major operator in the region,First Glasgow, runs along the entire length of the A749 in both directions.[7] In the first half of the 20th century,Glasgow Corporation Tramways also operated on the route, specifically the 9A which had its terminus at Burnside.[8]
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55°49′12″N4°12′16″W / 55.8199°N 4.2044°W /55.8199; -4.2044 (A749 road)
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