# A724 road > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A724_road > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A724_road.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A724_road > Source revision: 1305770153 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Road in Scotland}} {{refimprove|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use British English|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox road |country=SCT |type=A |route=724 |header_type=minor |length_mi= 8.2 |length_ref = {{cite web|title=Directions from Cambuslang Rd, Rutherglen, Scotland, UK to Brandon Street, Hamilton, Scotland, UK|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/55.8330733,-4.2077831/55.822483645765615,+-4.180627672465648/55.81539372907457,+-4.15463115217342/55.79403797295493,+-4.092979716520152/55.7740783,-4.0388042/@55.8307107,-4.2125638,843m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m16!4m15!1m0!1m3!2m2!1d-4.1806277!2d55.8224836!1m3!2m2!1d-4.1546312!2d55.8153937!1m3!2m2!1d-4.0929797!2d55.794038!1m0!3e0 |website=Google Maps|access-date=10 September 2021}} |direction_a= Northwest |terminus_a = [Rutherglen](/source/Rutherglen) |direction_b= Southeast |terminus_b = [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_South_Lanarkshire) |junction = |destinations= |previous_type = A |next_type = A |previous_route = 723 |next_route = 725 }} The '''A724''' road in Scotland runs within [South Lanarkshire](/source/South_Lanarkshire) between [Rutherglen](/source/Rutherglen) and [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_South_Lanarkshire). It follows an ancient route which is marked on [William Roy](/source/William_Roy)'s Lowland Map of Scotland (1755) with only minor deviations from its modern course.[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=13&lat=55.81135&lon=-4.16527&layers=4&b=1 Military Maps of Scotland (18th century) {{!}} Roy Lowlands (1752-55)], Explore Georeferenced Maps [National Library of Scotland](/source/National_Library_of_Scotland). Retrieved 10 September 2021 ==Route== ===Rutherglen and Cambuslang=== The A724 starts in a mixed industrial/residential urban setting at [Farme Cross](/source/Rutherglen)[https://rutherglenheritage.wixsite.com/website-46/farme-cross-history Farme Cross], Rutherglen Heritage Society, 2015 (the junction named after [Farme Castle](/source/Farme_Castle) which was located a short distance to the north-east) generating from the [A749](/source/A749_road) which runs northwards towards [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) as Dalmarnock Road and southwards towards Rutherglen Main Street (B768) as Farmeloan Road. The A724 heads south-east – its general direction for its entire route, remaining on the left bank of the [River Clyde](/source/River_Clyde) – as Cambuslang Road, soon meeting Junction 2 of the [M74 motorway](/source/M74_motorway) (opened in 2011) which offers full on/off access in both directions.[https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m74/30 M74 J2 Cambuslang Road Interchange], Roads.org.uk It then passes under a railway bridge carrying the [Argyle Line](/source/Argyle_Line) and [West Coast Main Line](/source/West_Coast_Main_Line) tracks[https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/cambuslang-road-reopens-following-vital-bridge-refurbishment Cambuslang Road, Rutherglen reopens following vital bridge refurbishment], [Network Rail](/source/Network_Rail), 25 May 2017 (the motorway follows the WCML into Glasgow from this point)[https://www.glasgowmotorwayarchive.org/m74-completion Fifty Years in the Making: The M74 Reaches Glasgow], Glasgow Motorway Archive, December 2020 then meets the B768 at Richmond Park roundabout. It is briefly a dual carriageway running past [Eastfield](/source/Eastfield%2C_South_Lanarkshire) then reverts to single carriageway passing close to [Trinity High School](/source/Trinity_High_School%2C_Rutherglen) before a junction with the end of the B762 (Dukes Road) towards [Burnside](/source/Burnside%2C_South_Lanarkshire). The A724 continues uphill, this time going over the WCML just prior to [Cambuslang railway station](/source/Cambuslang_railway_station), where there is also a northbound junction for Somervell Park ([Cambuslang Rangers F.C.](/source/Cambuslang_Rangers_F.C.)) and the southern end of the [A763](/source/A763_road) (an unusually short road for this classification at {{convert|1.4|miles}} that crosses the [River Clyde](/source/River_Clyde), passes [Carmyle](/source/Carmyle) and meets the M74 at Junction 3,[https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m74/60 M74 J3 Carmyle Avenue Interchange], Roads.org.uk then the [A74](/source/A74_road) at [Foxley](/source/Foxley%2C_Glasgow) where it downgrades to the B765 towards [Shettleston](/source/Shettleston)).{{cite web|title=Directions from A724, Cambuslang, Glasgow G72 7EG to 2251-2257 A74, Glasgow G32 8XW|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.8199529,-4.1731146/55.8362331,-4.1603683/@55.8266168,-4.1701063,659m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D |website=Google Maps|access-date=13 August 2025}} The A724 continues as Cambuslang Main Street, which in the 21st century has a separate main carriageway and a service/parking section for the local shops, sited only on its south side. After a southbound junction with the B759 (Greenlees Road) which leads south up towards [East Kilbride](/source/East_Kilbride), it becomes a more standard dual carriageway for a few hundred yards – with a northbound junction with Clydeford Road providing another access route to the motorway – followed by bus stop laybys in either direction. It then reverts to single carriageway as Hamilton Road, passing over the WCML again, then under the railway bridge carrying the [Cathcart Circle Line](/source/Cathcart_Circle_Line) between {{rws|Kirkhill}} and {{rws|Newton}} and entering [Halfway](/source/Halfway%2C_South_Lanarkshire), where it is again the main shopping street – the area derives its name from being mid-distance between Glasgow and Hamilton on this ancient thoroughfare. Historically also a route used by [Glasgow Corporation Tramways](/source/Glasgow_Corporation_Tramways) until the mid-20th century,[https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE00122&t=2 Tram routes, 1938 (Museum of Transport)], The Glasgow Story some wider sections of roadway here feature one or both of central fences and hatched markings separating the lanes. The road passes Lightburn and Flemington to the south and [Drumsagard](/source/Drumsagard_Village) to the north, a roundabout serving the latter neighbourhood's shops which are situated on the edge of the [Greater Glasgow](/source/Greater_Glasgow) urban area. ===Blantyre and Hamilton=== Still called Hamilton Road, the A724 runs through about a mile of open countryside forming part of the [green belt](/source/green_belt) between the city and the fairly dense network of Lanarkshire towns, with a cycle lane flanking each direction. Upon crossing over the [Rotten Calder](/source/Rotten_Calder) and reaching [Blantyre](/source/Blantyre%2C_South_Lanarkshire), it becomes Glasgow Road, and immediately has a staggered junction with the B758 (Bardykes Road / Blantyre Farm Road), which is a narrow and twisting former farm track but is fairly busy as it connects the M74 and [A721](/source/A721_road) in [North Lanarkshire](/source/North_Lanarkshire) further north, and the [A725 East Kilbride Expressway](/source/A725_road) further south. The A724 runs on though Blantyre past shops and close to [Calderside Academy](/source/Calderside_Academy), with mini-roundabouts for the local hypermarket, leisure centre, an industrial estate and Castle Park ([Blantyre Victoria F.C.](/source/Blantyre_Victoria_F.C.)), then meets the elevated A725 at an atypical junction – the eastbound offslip is about {{convert|0.7|miles}} before the onslip, and the eastbound offslip is about {{convert|0.5|miles}} after the main onslip and features an additional onslip also fed mainly from the A724, via a roundabout and underpass. Running past the Springwell neighbourhood, the road enters [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_South_Lanarkshire), flanked by older shops at the west side of [Burnbank](/source/Burnbank) before fringing its south side as a mini-bypass constructed in the 1970s – the original route straight through the district is now designed for local access only, the two meeting again at a roundabout which is also a main route into the [Whitehill](/source/Whitehill%2C_Hamilton%2C_Scotland) neighbourhood. Continuing as Burnbank Road, it reaches the part of the burgh referred to as [Hamilton West](/source/Hamilton_West%2C_Hamilton%2C_Scotland), where the main carriageway proceeds to Peacock Cross where the B755 (Wellhall Road, south-west) and the [A72](/source/A72_road) (Almada Street, north-east) begin, while a one-way (east then south) arm at Clydesdale Street passes [Hamilton West railway station](/source/Hamilton_West_railway_station), a retail park and [South Lanarkshire Council](/source/South_Lanarkshire_Council)'s [Headquarters](/source/Lanark_County_Buildings), then meets back up with Almada Street. From Peacock Cross, the A724 becomes Union Street, going over the [Cadzow Burn](/source/Cadzow_Burn) and passing [Hamilton Grammar School](/source/Hamilton_Grammar_School), then becomes Brandon Street where it ends close to Hamilton Bus Station and [Hamilton Central railway station](/source/Hamilton_Central_railway_station) as part of the town centre's one-way system, eastbound lanes turning north as the B7071 (Leechlee Road) and westbound lanes joining from the [A723](/source/A723_road) from the direction of [Motherwell](/source/Motherwell) via Duke Street from the east and Portland Place to the south. The other lanes of the A723 act as the main route through south-eastern parts of Hamilton such as [Eddlewood](/source/Eddlewood), eventually leaving the town on its way to [Strathaven](/source/Strathaven). ===Public transport=== The '267' bus service, one of the primary routes by the major operator in the region, [First Glasgow](/source/First_Glasgow), runs along most of the length of the A724 within South Lanarkshire, joining the B768 Rutherglen Main Street at Richmond Park roundabout (within Glasgow it mainly follows the [A730](/source/A730_road)).[https://www.firstbus.co.uk/uploads/update-attach/267%20TT.pdf 267 {{!}} Hamilton – Glasgow], [First Glasgow](/source/First_Glasgow), 20 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2021 ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} *[https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A724 A724], [SABRE](/source/Society_for_All_British_and_Irish_Road_Enthusiasts) {{portal bar|Roads|Scotland}} {{Transport in Glasgow}} {{UK primary routes 7}} {{coord|55.80280|-4.11634|type:landmark_region:GB_dim:2000|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:7-0724}} Category:Roads in Scotland Category:Transport in South Lanarkshire Category:Blantyre, South Lanarkshire Category:Cambuslang Category:Rutherglen Category:Hamilton, South Lanarkshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [A724 road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A724_road) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A724_road?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.