B7066 (Old A8)
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B7066 (Old A8)
Image: © Jim Smillie Taken: 16 Mar 2021
This section of the Glasgow-Edinburgh Road was built to bypass Salsburgh starting in the summer of 1930. Only a few years later Lanarkshire County Council began building houses on the south side. What was originally a bypass then appeared to have been built through the middle of the village. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.845622
Longitude
-3.863616