{{UK motorway routebox|
| motorway= M90
| length-mi= 30
| length-km= 48
| direction= South - North
| start= Inverkeithing near Forth_Road_Bridge
| destinations= None
| end= Perth (two ends; one east, one at Broxden_Junction)
| opening-date= 1964
| completion-date=1978
| junctions= 2 - 70px
A823(M)_motorway | euroroute= {{European route number small sign|15}} }} The '''M90''' is a Motorway in Scotland. It runs from Inverkeithing, at the north end of the Forth_Road_Bridge, to Perth, passing Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Kinross on the way. It is Scotland's – and the United_Kingdom's – most northerly Motorway, the northernmost point on its spur into the western suburbs of Perth at Broxden. Image:M9_motorway_2005-07-23.jpg]] The M90's arguably most substantial engineering feature is the Friarton_Bridge in Perth, a tall concrete pillared structure which traverses the River_Tay. The bridge carries eastbound traffic from Broxden towards Dundee and along the Firth of Tay. The road constitutes most of the southerly part of the crucial A90 corridor from Edinburgh, through Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen to Fraserburgh along Scotland's North_Sea coast. The M90 is considered one of the UK's most sub-standard motorways. Junctions 1 and 2 share a tiny common sliproad, forcing a conflict between entering and leaving traffic at the junction with the A823(M). It lacks hard shoulders for an eight-mile section. In this section there are lay-bys at quarter-mile intervals instead. The M90 also has the tightest corner on the UK motorway network, for which traffic is forced to slow. Near to its northern terminus, the motorway splits into two branches. One branch forms part of the western bypass of Perth, and meets the A9 at its end. The other branch heads in a north-easterly direction, flowing into the A90 at its end. The easternmost branch was formerly the M85 motorway, until the A85 was renumbered as A90. The M90 forms part of the Euroroute E15 which runs from Inverness to Algeciras, but is not signposted within Scotland. ==Junctions== {| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;" | colspan="3" | '''M90 Motorway''' |- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white" | Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |- align="center" | ''Road continues as '''A90''' to Dundee and Aberdeen'' | rowspan="2"|J11 | Perth '''A85'''
''Non motorway traffic'' |- align="center" | Perth '''A85''' | ''Start of Motorway'' |- align="center" | Perth, Stirling, Pitlochry ('''A9''') | J10 | Perth, Stirling, Pitlochry ('''A9''') |- align="center" | Bridge_of_Earn, Aberargie '''A912''' | J9 | Bridge of Earn, Aberargie '''A912''' |- align="center" | Cupar, St_Andrews '''A91''' | J8 | ''No exit'' |- align="center" | ''No exit'' | J7 | Stirling '''A91'''
Milnathort '''A911''' |- align="center" | Kinross, Milnrathort '''A977''' | J6 | Kinross, Crook_of_Devon '''A977''' |- align="center" | Cleish, Crook of Devon '''B9097''' | J5 | Cleish, Ballingry '''B9097''' |- align="center" | Kelty, Ballingry A909 | J4 | Kelty, Lochgelly '''A909''' |- align="center" | Dunfermline A92 | J3 | Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes '''A92''' |- align="center" | Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes '''A92''' | J2A | ''No exit'' |- align="center" | Dunfermline, Rosyth '''A823(M)''' | J2 | Dunfermline, Rosyth '''A823(M)''' |- align="center" | ''Start of Motorway'' | rowspan="2"|J1 | Inverkeithing '''A921'''
Kincardine, Glasgow '''A985''' |- align="center" | Inverkeithing '''A921'''
Kincardine, Glasgow '''A985'''
''Non motorway traffic'' | ''Road continues as '''A90''' to Edinburgh'' |} ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom ==External links== * CBRD Motorway Database - M90 *The Motorway Archive - M90 {{Template:UK motorways}} 9-0090 9-0090 9-0090 De:Motorway_M90 Sv:M90_(motorväg,_Storbritannien)
A823(M)_motorway | euroroute= {{European route number small sign|15}} }} The '''M90''' is a Motorway in Scotland. It runs from Inverkeithing, at the north end of the Forth_Road_Bridge, to Perth, passing Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Kinross on the way. It is Scotland's – and the United_Kingdom's – most northerly Motorway, the northernmost point on its spur into the western suburbs of Perth at Broxden. Image:M9_motorway_2005-07-23.jpg]] The M90's arguably most substantial engineering feature is the Friarton_Bridge in Perth, a tall concrete pillared structure which traverses the River_Tay. The bridge carries eastbound traffic from Broxden towards Dundee and along the Firth of Tay. The road constitutes most of the southerly part of the crucial A90 corridor from Edinburgh, through Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen to Fraserburgh along Scotland's North_Sea coast. The M90 is considered one of the UK's most sub-standard motorways. Junctions 1 and 2 share a tiny common sliproad, forcing a conflict between entering and leaving traffic at the junction with the A823(M). It lacks hard shoulders for an eight-mile section. In this section there are lay-bys at quarter-mile intervals instead. The M90 also has the tightest corner on the UK motorway network, for which traffic is forced to slow. Near to its northern terminus, the motorway splits into two branches. One branch forms part of the western bypass of Perth, and meets the A9 at its end. The other branch heads in a north-easterly direction, flowing into the A90 at its end. The easternmost branch was formerly the M85 motorway, until the A85 was renumbered as A90. The M90 forms part of the Euroroute E15 which runs from Inverness to Algeciras, but is not signposted within Scotland. ==Junctions== {| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;" | colspan="3" | '''M90 Motorway''' |- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white" | Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |- align="center" | ''Road continues as '''A90''' to Dundee and Aberdeen'' | rowspan="2"|J11 | Perth '''A85'''
''Non motorway traffic'' |- align="center" | Perth '''A85''' | ''Start of Motorway'' |- align="center" | Perth, Stirling, Pitlochry ('''A9''') | J10 | Perth, Stirling, Pitlochry ('''A9''') |- align="center" | Bridge_of_Earn, Aberargie '''A912''' | J9 | Bridge of Earn, Aberargie '''A912''' |- align="center" | Cupar, St_Andrews '''A91''' | J8 | ''No exit'' |- align="center" | ''No exit'' | J7 | Stirling '''A91'''
Milnathort '''A911''' |- align="center" | Kinross, Milnrathort '''A977''' | J6 | Kinross, Crook_of_Devon '''A977''' |- align="center" | Cleish, Crook of Devon '''B9097''' | J5 | Cleish, Ballingry '''B9097''' |- align="center" | Kelty, Ballingry A909 | J4 | Kelty, Lochgelly '''A909''' |- align="center" | Dunfermline A92 | J3 | Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes '''A92''' |- align="center" | Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes '''A92''' | J2A | ''No exit'' |- align="center" | Dunfermline, Rosyth '''A823(M)''' | J2 | Dunfermline, Rosyth '''A823(M)''' |- align="center" | ''Start of Motorway'' | rowspan="2"|J1 | Inverkeithing '''A921'''
Kincardine, Glasgow '''A985''' |- align="center" | Inverkeithing '''A921'''
Kincardine, Glasgow '''A985'''
''Non motorway traffic'' | ''Road continues as '''A90''' to Edinburgh'' |} ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom ==External links== * CBRD Motorway Database - M90 *The Motorway Archive - M90 {{Template:UK motorways}} 9-0090 9-0090 9-0090 De:Motorway_M90 Sv:M90_(motorväg,_Storbritannien)