M80 motorway

M80
Route information
Length	25.0 mi (40.2 km)
Existed	1974–present
History	Constructed 1974-2011
Major junctions
Southwest end	Glasgow Blochairn
Northeast end	Stirling
Section 1
Major intersections	M8 motorway M73 motorway M876 motorway M9 motorway Junction 9
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary destinations	Stirling, Cumbernauld, Glasgow
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← M77 → M90

The M80 is a motorway in Scotland's central belt, running between Glasgow and Stirling via Cumbernauld and Denny and linking the M8, M73 and M9 motorways. Following completion in 2011, the motorway is 25 miles (40 km) long. Despite being only a two lane motorway, parts of the M80 Stepps Bypass are used by around 60,000 vehicles per day.^[1]

The M80 was constructed in three sections. The first section, from the village of Haggs to the M9 near Stirling, opened in 1974, followed in 1992 by the section from the M8 to the town of Stepps. The section from Stepps to Haggs was completed in September 2011, though it partially opened in February 2011 when the Moodiesburn bypass, from Stepps to the M73 at Mollinsburn, was completed; the section of the A80 from Mollinsburn to Haggs was then upgraded.^[2]