A74(M)

The A74 (M) is a motorway in Scotland and a small part of Cumbria that links the M6 near Gretna (Dumfries and Galloway) and Longtown (Cumbria) to the M74 near Abington. It is 45 miles (72 kilometres) long.

The A74 (M) used to be a single carriageway trunk road called the A74, and then in the early 1970s, most of the road was rebuilt as dual carriageway, but this became obsolete by the early 1990s, and by 1999, the A74 (M) as we know it, was fully constructed.

The A74 (M), along with the M74 was originally going to be a continuation of the M6, meaning that it would start from Catthorpe near Rugby and end in Tradeston, Glasgow but the Scottish motorway standard was completed a lot earlier than the English M6 link to just north of Carlisle, so the Scottish Government decided to scrap the idea of the M6 and therefore, it brought the A74 (M) and the M74 motorways we know and love as of today.

Junctions

A74(M) motorway
Northbound exits	Junction	Southbound exits
Edinburgh A702 Lanark (A73) Abington services Road continues as the M74 to Tradeston, Glasgow	J13	Continuation of the M74 as the A74 (M)
Crawford A702 Thornhill (A76), Crawfordjohn	J14	Crawford A702 Thornhill (A76), Crawfordjohn
Moffat, Dumfries A701, Selkirk (A708)	J15	Dumfries, Moffat A701, Selkirk (A708)
Johnstonebridge B7076 Annandale Water Services	J16/Services	Johnstonebridge B7076 Annandale Water Services
Lockerbie B7068	J17	Lockerbie B7068 Dumfries (A709)
Lockerbie B723 Dumfries (A709)	J18	No access
Ecclefechan B7076	J19	Ecclefechan B7076
Eaglesfield, Annan B722	J20	Eaglesfield, Annan, Kirtlebridge B722
Kirtlebridge, Kirkpatrick Fleming B7076 Canonbie B6357	J21	Canonbie B6357 Kirtlebridge, Kirkpatrick Fleming B7076
Gretna Green Services	Services	Gretna Green Services
Dumfries, Stranraer, Gretna A75	J22	Longtown (A6071) Gretna, Gretna Green B7076
Entry into Scotland	Border	Entry into England
Start of A74(M) motorway	M6 J45	Road continues as the M6 to Carlisle, Penrith and The South