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The '''M74''' is a short (''129 km'') motorway in [[Scotland]], connecting the Central Belt with the [[M6 (GB)|M6]] in England. When hitching north from London or the Midlands, it's extremely likely that you'll enter Scotland over this particular motorway.
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== Hitching the '''M74''' ==
{| class="wikitable"|- ! style="width: 30em" | !! style="width:30em" | !! style="width: 30em" | |-| <p align="center">{{north}}</p> || || <p align="center">{legend{south}}</p>*'''|-| || {{intersectionjunction}} Beginning of motorway'''{{Mgb|8}} || ||-*'''| || (1) {{ramp}} 1 [[Tolcross]], [[Glasgow]] City Centre'''Tradeston || ||-*'''| || (1A) {{ramp}} Polmadie || ||-| || (2 [[Shettleston]], [[Cambuslang]] ) {{ramp}} Rutherglen || ||-| || (Northbound exit2A)'''{{ramp}} Fullarton Road || |*'''|-| || (3) {{ramp}} 3 [[Tannochside]] Carmyle Avenue || ||-| || (Southbound exit3A)'''{{ramp}} Daldowie || |*'''|-| || (4) {{junction}} 4 [[M73 (Scotland)Daldowie Interchange {{Mgb|73}} || ||M73]], [[Stirling]], [[Kincardine Bridge]]'''-*'''| || || {{Gasgas}}{{Restrest}} service station [[Botwell Services]] Southbound only{{good}}*'''|-| || (5) {{ramp}} 5 [[Bellshill]], [[Coatbridge]]'''Raith || ||-*'''| {{Gasgas}}{{Restrest}} service station [[Hamilton Services]] Nouthbound only|| || |*'''|-| || (6) {{ramp}} 6 [[Hamilton]], [[Motherwell]]'''|| ||-*'''| || (7) {{ramp}} 7 [[Lanark]], [[Larkhall]]''' || ||-| || (Southbound exit8)*'''{{ramp}} 8 [[Kilmarnock]], [[Edinburgh]]''' Canderside Toll || ||-| || (Northbound: '''[[Larkhall]]'''10)*'''{{ramp}} 9 [[Kirkmuirhill]]''' || ||-| || (Southbound exit11)*'''{{ramp}} 10 [[Kirkmuirhill]]''' (Northbound exit)Ayr North || ||-*'''| || {{rampgas}}{{Gasrest}} 11 [[Edinburgh]], [[Ayr]]''' (Southbound exit)'''service station [[Cairnlodge Services]]'''|| ||-*'''| || (12) {{ramp}}{{Gas}} 12 [[Edinburgh]], [[Ayr]]''' South || ||-| || (Northbound exit13)'''[[Cairnlodge Services]]'''*'''{{ramp}}Edinburgh<br>{{Gasgas}}{{Restrest}} 13 [[Edinburgh]], [[Lanark]], service station [[Abington Services]]'''{{very good}} || |**This is where one needs to get off the M74 when hitching from England towards Edinburgh.|-*'''| || (14) {{ramp}} 14 [[Crawford]], [[Thornhill]]'''|| ||-*'''| || (15) {{ramp}} 15 [[Moffat]], [[Dumfries]]''' || ||-| || (Southbound: '''[[Selkirk]]'''16)*'''{{ramp}} Johnstonebridge<br>{{gas}}{{Gasrest}} 16 [[Johnstonebridge]], service station [[Annandale Water Services]]'''|| ||-*'''| || (17) {{ramp}} 17 [[Lockerbie]]''' || ||-| || (Southbound: '''[[Dumfries]]'''18)*'''{{ramp}} 18 [[Lockerbie]], [[Dumfries]]''' South || ||-| || (Northbound exit19)*'''{{ramp}} 19 [[Ecclefechan]]'''|| ||-*'''| || (20) {{ramp}} 20 [[Eaglesfield]], [[Annan]], [[Kirtlebridge]]'''|| ||-*'''| || (21) {{ramp}} 21 [[Kirkpatrick Fleming]], [[Kirtlebridge]], [[Canonbie]]'''|| ||-*'''| || {{Gasgas}}{{Restrest}} service station [[Gretna Green Services]]|| ||-*'''| || (22) {{ramp}} 22 [[Gretna]], Green North || ||-| || {{Mgb|6}} || ||-| <p align="center">{{north}}</p> || || <p align="center">{{south}}</p>|} {{Motorways UK}} [[Gretna GreenCategory:Scotland]], [[Longtown]]''' (NorthboundCategory: '''[[DumfriesUnited Kingdom]], [[StranraerCategory:Motorways]]''':: -->'' [[M6 (England)Category:E5]]'' {{IsIn|Scotland}}
