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((Short description|Motorway in Scotland))
((Use dmy dates|date=May 2014))
((Use British English|date=May 2014))
((more citations needed|date=March 2013))
((infobox road
|country=GBR
|type=M
|route=77
|length_mi= 20.0
| direction_a= Northeast 
|direction_b= Southwest
|terminus_a= [[Glasgow]]<br />[[Kinning Park]]<br /> (((coord|55.845|-4.297|display=inline)))
|destinations= [[Glasgow]], [[Kilmarnock]], [[Ayr]]
<br />South-west Scotland
|terminus_b= [[Fenwick, East Ayrshire|Fenwick]]
|established= 1977
|history=Constructed 1977–2005
|junction= [[File:UK-Motorway-M8.svg|1000x20px]]<br />[[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorway]]
|map=M77 motorway (Great Britain) map.svg
|photo=M77 at Newton Mearns - geograph.org.uk - 247095.jpg
|photo_notes=M77 west of [[Newton Mearns]], with the since demolished Netherplace Dye Works on the right.
|previous_type = M
|next_type = M
|previous_route = 74
|next_route = 80
))
The '''M77 motorway''' is a [[motorway]] in Scotland. It begins in [[Glasgow]] at the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorway]] at [[Kinning Park]], and terminates near [[Kilmarnock]] at [[Fenwick, East Ayrshire|Fenwick]], becoming the [[A77 road|A77]] dual carriageway. Changes were made in 2005 segregating a lane on the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorway]] almost as far as the [[Kingston Bridge, Glasgow|Kingston Bridge]], which in January 2006 was extended further onto the bridge itself. It forms the most northerly part of the [[A77 road|A77]] [[trunk road]] which links Glasgow to [[Stranraer]] in the South West of Scotland. (The A77 itself continues to [[Portpatrick]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]].)

== History ==

The original M77 was a short ((convert|1.5|mi|km|adj=on)) [[spur route]] which took traffic from the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorway]] in the [[Kinning Park]] area of [[Glasgow]], ending at a roundabout on Dumbreck Road close to [[Bellahouston Park]], although prior to this there had been an unused spur running to roughly [[Ibrox, Glasgow|Ibrox]] telephone exchange on Gower Street.

A large number of accidents and pollution problems caused in the suburban towns of [[Giffnock]] and [[Newton Mearns]] by commuter traffic and heavy lorries (the A77 is the main route for ferry-bound traffic sailing to [[Northern Ireland]]), saw an extension being built to the motorway in 1994 to bypass these areas, which was opened in December 1996. This was fiercely opposed by environmentalists, who set up a [[road protest (UK)|road protest camp]],<ref>
((Citation
|title=Pollok Free State Lives On!
|url=http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no5/region_scotland.htm
|journal=Do or die
|issue=5
))
</ref> as it meant that the motorway would cut through the historic [[Pollok Country Park]]. Approval for the extension was granted and construction went ahead. A threatening visit in 1995 to the protesters of 'Pollok Free State' by the Conservative [[Member of Parliament]] [[Allan Stewart (politician)|Allan Stewart]] (then the MP for [[Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastwood]], the constituency including Newton Mearns, which the new road would bypass), accompanied by his airgun-wielding son, resulted in a political shot in the foot, contributing to his subsequent resignation, and a fine for his son in [[Paisley Sheriff Court]].<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tory-mp-fined-pounds-200-for-waving-pickaxe-1600654.html|title=Tory MP fined pounds 200 for waving pickaxe - News - The Independent|date=12 September 1995|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=22 February 2015))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7352763.stm|title=Film tribute to the 'Pollok birdman'|date=18 April 2008|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=22 February 2015))</ref> Stewart chose to stand down as MP for the Eastwood constituency in the next [[1997 United Kingdom general election|election]] in 1997, where the Conservatives lost the seat anyway to Labour.

The latest upgrade was instigated in 2003, and involved extending the M77 a further ((convert|9|mi|km)) south to the village of [[Fenwick, East Ayrshire|Fenwick]], near [[Kilmarnock]]. This replaced the dangerous 4-lane single carriageway of the A77 that dropped to a two lane single carriageway for the bend just north of the very sharp Mearns Road turn-off, and the A77/B764 ([[Eaglesham]]) junction (causing vehicles to queue dangerously on the outside lane on a bend to enter the B764 from the south) which were prone to fatal accidents. The scheme also included the [[A726 road|Glasgow Southern Orbital (GSO)]] which bypasses the B764 Eaglesham Moor Road to [[East Kilbride]]. This also resulted in the closure of junction 5 on its previous site at [[Malletsheugh]] and the creation of a new junction 5 slightly further south at [[Maidenhill]]. An old slip road still exists, but is closed. The works were completed in April 2005. 

In 2006, junction 2 was rebuilt in conjunction with the building of the adjacent [[Silverburn Centre|Silverburn Shopping Centre]]. The northbound off-ramp and southbound on-ramp are now routed via the access roundabout to the shopping centre.

In 2010 a relief lane was constructed between Plantation and Junction 1 southbound. The purpose of this was to ease the congestion that regularly occurs during peak rush hour.

The original segment of the A77 between Newton Mearns and Fenwick that previously carried the traffic now accommodated by the M77 has been converted into a two-lane single carriageway with cycle lanes. The remainder of the road through Newton Mearns has been converted into a two-lane dual carriageway with cycle lanes. The cycle lanes end at Eastwood Toll in Giffnock.

== Junctions == 
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!scope=col|Council area
!scope=col|Location
!scope=col|mi
!scope=col|km
!scope=col|Junction
!scope=col|Destinations
!scope=col|Notes
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|rowspan="4"|[[Glasgow]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Glasgow]]
|0
|0
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |—<ref group=coord>((coord|55.850|-4.294|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |((jct|country=GBR|M|8|dab1=Scotland))&nbsp; - [[Glasgow]], [[Edinburgh]] 
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |no Westbound exit or Southbound entrance from West
|-
|1.1
|1.7
|1<ref group=coord>((coord|55.840|-4.308|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
|[[B roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B768]] - [[Dumbreck]], [[Mosspark]]
|
|-
|2.8
|4.5
|2<ref group=coord>((coord|55.905|-4.337|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
|[[B roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B762]] - [[Shawlands]], [[Hurlet]]
|
|-
|4.2
|6.7
|3<ref group=coord>((coord|55.804|-4.336|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
|((jct|country=GBR|A|726))&nbsp; - [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], [[Hurlet]] <br>((jct|country=GBR|A|727)) - [[Thornliebank]], [[Giffnock]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[East Renfrewshire]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Newton Mearns]]
|5.8
|9.3
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |4<ref group=coord>((coord|55.784|-4.350|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |[[B roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B7087]] - [[Crookfur]] ([[Newton Mearns]])
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |no Southbound entrance or Northbound exit
|-
|7.7
|12.4
|5<ref group=coord>((coord|55.757|-4.354|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
|((jct|country=GBR|A|726))&nbsp; - [[East Kilbride]], [[Strathaven]] <br>((jct|country=GBR|A|77))&nbsp; - [[Newton Mearns]], [[Giffnock]], [[Glasgow]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[East Ayrshire]]
|rowspan="3"|—
|12.8
|20.6
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |6<ref group=coord>((coord|55.692|-4.401|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |((jct|country=GBR|A|77))&nbsp; - [[Kilmarnock]], [[Newton Mearns]], [[Glasgow]]
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |no Southbound entrance or Northbound exit
|-
|15.2
|24.5
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |7<ref group=coord>((coord|55.662|-4.446|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |((jct|country=GBR|A|77))&nbsp; - [[Kilmarnock]], [[Newton Mearns]], [[Glasgow]]<br>[[B roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B778]] - [[Stewarton]], [[Fenwick, East Ayrshire|Fenwick]]
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |no Northbound exit
|-
|16.3
|26.3
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |8<ref group=coord>((coord|55.652|-4.450|name=Junction  of M))</ref>
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |((jct|country=GBR|A|77))&nbsp; - Ayr, Stranraer<br>[[B roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B7038]] - [[Kilmarnock]]<br>[[B roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B7061]] - [[Fenwick, East Ayrshire|Fenwick]]
| bgcolor="ffdddd" |Southbound exit only, Northbound entrance only from A77
((jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete))

;Coordinate list
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== See also ==
* [[List of motorways in the United Kingdom]]

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
((Attached KML|display=inline,title))
*[http://www.glasgows-motorways.org.uk/m77 Glasgow Motorway Archive - The M77 Motorway]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311050616/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m77glaskilm.htm The Motorway Archive – M77]

((Transport in Glasgow))
((UK motorways))

((DEFAULTSORT:7-0077))
[[Category:Motorways in Scotland]]
[[Category:Transport in East Ayrshire]]
[[Category:Transport in East Renfrewshire]]
[[Category:Transport in Glasgow]]
[[Category:Anti-road protest]]
[[Category:Newton Mearns]]
[[Category:Pollokshields]]

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