M90 motorway
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| M90 motorway | ||
| Length | 30 miles 48 km |
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| Direction | South - North | |
| Start | Inverkeithing near Forth Road Bridge | |
| Primary destinations | None | |
| End | Perth (two ends; one east, one at Broxden Junction) | |
| Construction dates | 1964 - 1978 | |
| Motorways joined | 2 -  A823(M) motorway |
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The M90 is a motorway in Scotland. It runs from Inverkeithing, at the north end of the Forth Road Bridge, to Perth, passing Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Kinross on the way. It is Scotland's – and the United Kingdom's – most northerly motorway, the northernmost point on its spur into the western suburbs of Perth at Broxden.
The M90's arguably most substantial engineering feature is the Friarton Bridge in Perth, a tall concrete pillared structure which traverses the River Tay. The bridge carries eastbound traffic from Broxden towards Dundee and along the Firth of Tay.
The road constitutes most of the southerly part of the crucial A90 corridor from Edinburgh, through Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen to Fraserburgh along Scotland's North Sea coast.
The M90 is considered one of the UK's most sub-standard motorways. Junctions 1 and 2 share a tiny common sliproad, forcing a conflict between entering and leaving traffic at the junction with the A823(M). It lacks hard shoulders for an eight-mile section. In this section there are lay-bys at quarter-mile intervals instead. The M90 also has the tightest corner on the UK motorway network, for which traffic is forced to slow.
Near to its northern terminus, the motorway splits into two branches. One branch forms part of the western bypass of Perth, and meets the A9 at its end. The other branch heads in a north-easterly direction, flowing into the A90 at its end. The easternmost branch was formerly the M85 motorway, until the A85 was renumbered as A90.
The M90 forms part of the Euroroute E15 which runs from Inverness to Algeciras, but is not signposted within Scotland.
[edit] Junctions
| M90 Motorway | ||
| Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |
| Road continues as A90 to Dundee and Aberdeen | J11 | Perth A85 Non motorway traffic |
| Perth A85 | Start of Motorway | |
| Perth, Stirling, Pitlochry (A9) | J10 | Perth, Stirling, Pitlochry (A9) |
| Bridge of Earn, Aberargie A912 | J9 | Bridge of Earn, Aberargie A912 |
| Cupar, St Andrews A91 | J8 | No exit |
| No exit | J7 | Stirling A91 Milnathort A911 |
| Kinross, Milnathort A977 | J6 | Kinross, Crook of Devon A977 |
| Cleish, Crook of Devon B9097 | J5 | Cleish, Ballingry B9097 |
| Kelty, Ballingry A909 | J4 | Kelty, Lochgelly A909 |
| Dunfermline A907 | J3 | Dunfermline A907, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes A92 |
| Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes A92 | J2A | No exit |
| Dunfermline, Rosyth A823(M) | J2 | Dunfermline, Rosyth A823(M) |
| Start of Motorway | J1 | Inverkeithing A921 Kincardine, Glasgow A985 |
| Inverkeithing A921 Kincardine, Glasgow A985 Non motorway traffic |
Road continues as A90 to Edinburgh | |
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| A1(M) • A3(M) • A38(M) • A48(M) • A57(M) • A58(M) • A64(M) • A66(M) • A74(M) • A167(M) • A194(M) • A308(M) • A329(M) • A404(M) • A601(M) • A627(M) • A823(M) | ||
| Northern Ireland: M1 • M2 • M3 • M5 • M12 • M22 • A8(M) | edit | |
| Past: M16 • M41 • M63 • A18(M) • A40(M) • A41(M) • A102(M) • A6144(M) Unbuilt: M12 • M13 • M15 • M31 • M64 Future: M4 Toll | ||
