| Comment | This is the revised and I think final version of the plan, that was designed to avoid Saltmarket, Glasgow Cross and High Street (at the cost of passing over Glasgow Green, then continuing over the old Collegelands Railyards).
The east flank would join up with what is now the M8 at the Townhead Interchange. You can still see today where room was left at this junction for a four way motorway junction and the necessary sliproads.
The south flank would've joined with the west flank at the "ski jump", in Tradeston.
Original plans ranged from having the ring road completely replace the Saltmarket-High Street road alignment, to having an elevated road run above, or very close in parallel to it. One plan involved the east flank tunnelling under a proposed "Cathedral Square".
One thing missing from the model here, is the proposed Hamilton Motorway, which in most plans would have ran through Glasgow Green. Some plans envisioned this junction being completely or partially underground.
More info here: https://www.glasgows-motorways.org.uk/south-east-flanks/4594130869 |
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