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 | | With the advent of motorway-building beginning in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s, the M8 was planned as one of a core of new motorways, designed to replace the A8 road as a high-capacity alternative for intercity travel. |
 | | The Glasgow inner city section was constructed between 1968 and 1972, using a scheme outlined in the Bruce Report, which was published as the Second World War was closing, and which set out a series of initiatives to regenerate the city. |
 | | At present, traffic from the M74, M73 and M80 are all forced onto the eastern section of M8 which within 2 miles converges from 5 lanes down to just 2 on the Kingston Bridge approaches. |
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