Footbridge
Introduction
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Footbridge
Image: © Jim Smillie Taken: 21 Jul 2008
During the 1950s when the main Glasgow to Edinburgh trunk road (A8) passed through the village the need for a road bridge to improve the safety of pedestrians was raised at Westminster on several occasions. The bridge was completed in 1961 only 6 years before the M8 bypassed the village to the north in August 1967.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.842865
Longitude
-3.873546