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The M74 is a short (129 km) motorway in Scotland, connecting the Central Belt with the 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

 

 

  M 8
(1)   Tradeston
(1A)   Polmadie
(2)   Rutherglen
(2A)   Fullarton Road
(3)   Carmyle Avenue
(3A)   Daldowie
(4)   Daldowie Interchange M 73
    service station Botwell Services   (good)
(5)   Raith
    service station Hamilton Services
(6)   Hamilton
(7)   Larkhall
(8)   Canderside Toll
(10)   Kirkmuirhill
(11)   Ayr North
    service station Cairnlodge Services
(12)   Ayr South
(13)   Edinburgh
    service station Abington Services   (very good)
(14)   Crawford
(15)   Moffat
(16)   Johnstonebridge
    service station Annandale Water Services
(17)   Lockerbie
(18)   Lockerbie South
(19)   Ecclefechan
(20)   Annan
(21)   Kirtlebridge
    service station Gretna Services
(22)   Gretna Green North
M 6

 

 

Motorways in the United Kingdom

Great Britain: M1M2M3M4M5M6M6 TollM8M9M11M18M20M23M25M26M27M32M40M42M45M48M49M50M53M54M55M56M57M58M60M61M62M65M66M67M69M73M74M77M80M90M180M181M271M275M602M606M621M876M898

A1(M)

Northern Ireland: M1M2M3M5M12M22