Secrets of The Motorway - M80

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This week, we'll be heading away from Glasgow (The preferred direction) along the M80 motorway. After 25 miles or so, we'll arrive to the South of Stirling but of course, we've a lot of stops to make along the way.
Abandoned roads... yes. Abandoned but also old bridges... yes. Railway stuff... yes. Stupid art installations...yes. Junction re-designs...yes... but wait... there's more...I can't recall what, but it's all there in the video.
In this series we aim to explore what our motorway network is hiding. As we drive along at 70mph..ish...we simply just wouldn't be aware of what we're missing. This series aims to uncover some of the hidden secrets our motorways have to offer.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Interesting fact about Provan Gas Works: it used to have its own narrow gauge rail system which, due to restricted clearances, had to use the tiniest steam locomotives you've ever seen. They made a 7" gauge garden railway look big. One of the locomotives, Dougal, is preserved at the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway

[@tentyone2149]

Just looked it up, reminds me of the little red locomotive in half life 1

[@redboyjan]

This is the infotainment we need

[@colinricketts1415]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_(steam_locomotive)#/media/File:Dougal_and_train.jpg

[@AutoShenanigans]

I had no idea, that would have been the perfect subject matter for this vid :D

[@mightymartinpetrov]

Excellent one, this one, even taking into account I've never been near this motorway in my life....

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks mate, appreciate that!

[@willtricks9432]

A Quarry, a Dam, a Viaduct, a Bridge, a Stream, a Gas Works, a Steel Works, a Railroad, a Road No longer in use, a Goblin cave, a Statue and a Sword in a Stone. The M80 was over shadowed by the areas treasures. I'm surprised you could fit it all into 10 minutes. Cheers PH, you are doing well

[@lifebites21]

I literally came down to the comments to write this almost word for word.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Great comment!!

[@g1nge211]

I hope nobody at home was playing the Auto Shenanigans drinking game, they'd be ruined

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one mate :D Thanks for watching

[@stuartjohnston1086]

My 1st experience of motorway driving was during the construction of the M80. I was learning to drive and starting university in Dundee. From Glasgow I drove with my mum supervising along the A80, all good and legal. We got to a roundabout and the road immediately became the M80 afterwards. There was either no warning signs, or we missed them. Learner drivers weren't allowed on the the motorway then and you are also not allowed to stop unless it's an emergency. ( Learners are allowed now but only with a DVSA approved instructor. ) After a moment of panic from my mum, all we could do was continue driving. No dramas really but amusing to look back on. After a few miles the road became the A80 again and we drove on to Dundee.

[@danielmarshall4587]

Splendid the things that could be done "back in the day".

[@borderlands6606]

Similar things used to happen on the A1 and A1(M).

[@TheExplodingGerbil]

No worries eh! All good in the end and a great titbit to engage strangers with!

[@donalddodson7365]

@stuartjohnston1086 Did you have some sort of placard or sign on cars then showing "Learner" or "Student Driver" or such? Glad you made it without incident.

[@stuartjohnston1086]

@@donalddodson7365 Yes, an approx 20cm square white sticker with a red "L" on it, front and back of the car.

[@keef71]

Great stuff again and credit to you for closing with the theme tune to 'Scotch & Wry' - for a certain generation of Scots, it was the highlight TV viewing on Hogmanay (New Year's Eve). Made by BBC Scotland and shown right before 'The Bells', featured many Scots comedians who would go on to bigger things - Gregor Fisher, Elaine C. Smith etc.

[@RichardWatt]

I remember that! Also, do you remember "Only an Excuse"?

[@keef71]

@@RichardWatt absolutely, Johnathan Watson was one of the main ones and from that group who appeared in things like City Lights, Rab C Nesbitt and more recently, Two Doors Down. Classic era of Scottish comedy from the BBC.

[@AlanBilsborough]

I used to live close to and travel the A80 before the upgrade, and then onto the M80 in Glasgow before the M74 was completed. Absolute nightmare journey. Kids nowadays, don't know the hardships we used to endure! 😂

[@the_dungeoneer]

Thanks for using the Scotch and Wry theme tune! Brought a surprise cheer(s) to my morning! And yes, Aria is looked after and lit up a night.

[@southcalder]

Looks like you finished at Carron Valley Reservoir which has a unique feature. It spans a watershed, and drains in two different directions. The main route is down the River Carron towards the Forth, but it also has a smaller dam on its western edge that drains a small burn towards Loch Lomond and the Clyde. Also, towering above the reservoir is Meikle Bin (which can be seen from the M74 in South Lanarkshire as the pointy peak in the middle of the Campsie Fells. It’s about a 90 minute walk from the road to the summit and the views to the south are fantastic. It’s also under the final approach path for Glasgow Airport, so has some low flying aircraft and even has wreckage of a crashed military aircraft near the summit.

[@AutoShenanigans]

It was, nice part of the world. I didnt know about the draining etc. very interesting

[@JayYoung-ro3vu]

It's remarkable how UK and American systems look similarly but different. We both have routes/interchanges that look like "spaghetti thrown against the wall designs." The roundabouts are interesting. I have to remind myself that we drive on opposite sides of roads. 😆

[@danellis-jones1591]

This is becoming a regular Sunday night treat, before I get annoyed at another work week

[@AutoShenanigans]

Don't bother with work. Problem solved. Follow me for more life hacks.

[@tomwinch9107]

Wicked, sweet and awesome Jon ... but please find a way home! We miss you in Inger Land!

[@bertoltb13]

As always, a strangely compelling video, never before has one man made motorways so interesting. Keep up the good work Jon.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one, thanks for watching

[@ADJLfanatic52]

The way Junction 3 is laid out before upgrades reminds me of how a lot of unbuilt highways are here in the U.S. The government would plan an interstate/motorway, build part of it, and then they can't finish it - leaving it like that.

[@robertlarder1907]

Sounds a bit like Italy........

[@Skorpychan]

That'd be mafia influence, then. They get paid in full partway through the contract, then just take the money and run.

[@gcooper642]

We have one in Glasgow called the ski jump because it just stops mid air... like a ski jump.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@gcooper642 My other half's uncle was on the design team for that. The reason it was left like that was, I believe, that the money ran out and they couldn't continue with it so left it like that in case they got future funding. Which of course they didn't.

[@robertlarder1907]

@@Skorpychan One can`t help but wonder!

[@dough740]

A surprisingly busy motorway - the Auchenkilns roundabout was a constant nightmare until it was replaced by J4a. Any time the road has to be closed between junctions 4 and 8, central Scotland gridlocks. I speak from experience.....

[@s125ish]

The M73 to M80 merge is nightmare should be 3 land all the way up

[@colinnich]

@@s125ish It's a nightmare because everyone, including HGVs, all jump to the outside lane before the merge, even though there's about a mile of M80 before the left lane actually disappears.

[@paulalexander8874]

@@colinnichyep! Up the M73, aim for Kilsyth, then merge at the end of the slip lane… saves about half an hour 😂

[@thesloaneranger1]

I remember those days - if you had to travel between Castlecary Arches and Auchenkilns roundabout, bring a picnic!

[@dough740]

I nearly lost my job one day when they closed 2 lanes just before the M876 split for roadworks at 7.00am instead of the scheduled 7.00pm. Took 5 hours to get from Auchenkilns to the M876

[@anperson8329]

@7:40 - "Some guy called Wallace" Wallace Campbell is actually the full name of Wally from Where's Wally? It's a very fitting tribute, because you can't see Wally from there.

[@robinwells8879]

This program format would never get past the folk who choose what to fund and broadcast on lamestream media and yet it is completely compelling to watch. Ideal for the well traveled man or woman who perhaps doesn’t get out enough! Bravo. 😂

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one mate, thanks for watching.

[@mikusguitarius]

Sunday lunchtime only happens once the new Secrets of the Motorway upload drops….

[@kevincorby435]

For me, it's watch and go to bed. Sydney Australia 😂

[@professormcgorgeous]

Junction 5 Auchenkilns was upgraded in 2005 to replace the roundabout which caused so many problems and was actually built wide enough for dual three lane running for when the upgrade of the old A80 happened but they chose to use dual two lane as it is today and one unique feature is the expansion joints on the north side of the bridge on the main carraigeways the road crosses a peat bog on a concrete raft they had issues during the upgrade due to the bog.

[@AlpakaWhacker]

I had completely forgot about the peat bog. I think the reason why the M80 remained two lanes at Junction 5 was due to the fact that both bridges of the A8011 crossing the motorway at junction 4A only look wide enough for two lanes and a hard shoulder without either extensive re-modelling or more likely complete demolition and reconstruction of those bridges. Same potentially with the red suspension foot bridge just East Junction 5.

[@davidb3172]

The new north bound slip roads subsided when the traffic was diverted away when they were building the new overbridge. I was told of the traffic chaos when I got back from my holiday.

[@douglasreid699]

Yeah, i really dislike driving from junction 8 to junction 4 as once you get lorries in lane 1, lane 2 just ends up sitting at 60mph as drivers keep speeding up and slowing down. They should have made it 3 lanes with the volume of traffic that uses it each day, but i guess it would cost too much. And approaching the viaduct, most people slow down, probably because they get scared of the concrete divider wall and the narrowing from the viaduct which causes congestion and gets everyone sitting nose to tail. It's a terrible section of motorway most days.

[@NiallWardrop]

The Auchenkilns upgrade was the giveaway that the proper M80 through the Kelvin Valley was never going to be built and we were in for years of congestion while the "on line route" was built, inadequate by design.

[@marienbad2]

As a Blakes 7 fan it's always good to see a quarry turn up in a video on KZbin.

[@David_Crayford]

Of all the places they could teleport to, it was always that quarry just outside London. I understand that UXB WWII bombs get taken there, or nearby. Not sure if it's urban legend, but the long corridor at the University of Leeds where our computer lab was looks just like it's part of a Blake's 7 spaceship.

[@Colin_Pole]

Arria's lights do work and is quite a nice sight when driving past

[@Fraslet]

Aria looks quite spectacular from the M80.

[@AutoShenanigans]

great to hear :)

[@02shredder]

Hi john great video again, I like how you were at Stirling then finished at Carron valley Reservoir. I live a few miles from the Castlecary and can confirm that the slip road there was done away with when they upgraded. This junction caused total chaos because when you came off the slip road travelling to Glasgow and coming off the slip road you could only turn left towards Bonnybridge not Castlecary. Only buses could turn right as this lane had a barrier. After my car got written off due to people doing U turns traffic scotland were forced to remove the restriction so traffic could go through Castlecary, then they put in the speed bumps to slow all the insane traffic.....By the way I got lots of assistance from the local councillor Billy Buchan who lives a stones throw from where the old 18 century bridge is at Castelcary....He wasn't happy with the layout either.

[@cassinitechnicalserv]

I love that Cumbernauld didn't get a mention, my childhood home .

[@spadgefox684]

My old man worked in the gas industry his whole career, and a big part of it around the time I was born in Dundee in the 80's was making sure the gas kept flowing in winter. They often used to add extra weight to the tops of the gasometers to squeeze a little extra help to keep Sunday dinners cooking.

[@leonkernan]

Part of my Sunday night routine has become watching videos about motorways in a country half way around the world. No, I don't know why either.

[@MattyMonk]

I thought I had no interest in Cars, Roads, or motorways. I'm here every week too

[@oliverghunter]

Great job Jon, a really comprehensive & well-researched episode, with the usual perfect measure of aerial footage, dead-pan humour and sarcasm. Missing & disappearing slip roads, old bridges, treasures, art, a quarry; I'm amazed at how you fit it all in! 😂

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one mate, thanks for watching!

[@auldfouter8661]

When we drove through the Castlecary viaduct my granny ( born 1896) would recall being taken as a child , in the car by her father from the farm at Falkirk up to land nearby Castlecary that he had rented for summer grazing of his dairy youngstock. So I'm guessing she was talking about the Edwardian era.

[@borderlands6606]

They must have been very early adopters of the horseless carriage.

[@auldfouter8661]

@@borderlands6606 She would have been 14 by 1910 but I'm not sure that it would be much after that date. She went on a motoring honeymoon up north in June 1921 looking quite dashing in a hat tied on with a scarf.

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Another great video Jon, driven the M80 a handful of times, remember the first time I drove down there and was amazed at the sight of the Viaduct on a cold winter's evening.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate, thanks for watching!

[@DoubleD20s]

A great deployment of the Scotch & Wry theme tune. I haven't heard that for a long time.

[@AutoShenanigans]

As a non native, I'm discovering some new wonderful theme tunes :)

[@sssdddkkksss]

That's one of the best final shots - wow! You're perfectly front and centre of an incredible expanse

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks.. it's a little over exposed for my liking but water and sun... not ideal :D

[@stuarthtodd]

I didn't know about the Wallace Sword viewpoint until this video bizarrely! I use the M80/876 frequently and I completely agree about the bat shit crazy description!

[@davidtraynor8075]

I fcuking love your whicked sweet awsome videos. So nice to learn so much history of a place I drive along all the time. Thanks John!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one, thanks for watching!

[@saintuk70]

Nice wee finish at Carron Valley and the dam

[@1Three8Fiver]

Aaaand my week is complete... Thanks again Jon

[@AutoShenanigans]

cheers mate!

[@hoggmotorsport]

Excellent 👌 I never knew that sword was there, drove past it countless times!! Cheers 👍

[@dave_h_8742]

Thanks John another wicked sweet awsome video. For the al gorithem really.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate!

[@Mike-H_UK]

Great video Jon. I do like the abandoned road sections that result from the construction of motorways. One day in the future, these videos will be all that we have on motorway history and you will be famous, although probably dead by then. Something to be remembered for.

[@chrisshelley3027]

I honestly thought you were going to say "something to look forward to" 😕

[@TheExplodingGerbil]

Super sweet awesome 👌

[@AutoShenanigans]

If youtube is still around in 100 years, it would certainly offer a fascinating insight into "the shit we used to do"

[@MattyMonk]

Sunday chill complete ✅ Wicked, sweet, awesome✔

[@Eric_L456]

Loved the closing music : it was a DAM good way to finish!

[@AutoShenanigans]

dam good joke that. well done. reservoir.

[@Eric_L456]

@@AutoShenanigans thanks for your kind words. Tim Vine is my favourite comedian!

[@simontennent6693]

Scotch and Rye theme at the end. Nice touch 👍

[@danielmarshall4587]

That "Aria" is nice..... very much so. Another lovely video thank you.

[@AutoShenanigans]

thanks mate

[@shaunwest3612]

Nice video John, lovely abandoned bridge 👍👌😀

[@lucindafergusonart]

Some fairly dangerous locations there , good job the sword is cemented in thoroughly and awkward to get too

[@Laser2120]

I do like when a junction has a bit of character about it

[@aaronmachon9127]

As someone who has been up and down that road. This video was quality.

[@MrTumshie]

Thanks John - an almost perfect Sunday afternoon soothing video, almost every word enunciated with perfect pitch and clarity and so a real return to normal quality. The main thing I don't understand about your videos is just why I am so fascinated by them. The subject matter is interesting enough, particularly in recent weeks when you've been covering roads I use on a more regular basis than is the norm. The charm and wit of both script and presenter also play a large past in dragging me in, of course, but doesn't explain why I hate to miss seeing an upload as soon as it appears on a Sunday morning. The biggest mystery for me though is how I can watch each episode in rapt attention and thoroughly enjoy them, but if I were to be quizzed on the facts and figures contained therein I would struggle a great deal. Still, at my age, retention of niche facts I'm unlikely to have much practical use for is a tiny part of why I consume the videos I do, so clearly the wit and charm of the script and/or presenter is a bigger factor in all this than it seemed it was when I started havering about all this. All of this guff merely to decide that it doesn't matter much why I enjoy watching your videos but that you're a bit of a charming smoothie doesn't hurt'

[@paulsengupta971]

Wicked sweet awesome.

[@David_Crayford]

@@Tondaloona03 Knob.

[@David_Crayford]

Same here. I sometimes have to watch 2 or 3 times to get everything.

[@SimonProctor]

I used to commute from Edinburgh to Glasgow via Polmont during the early 2000's.and remember not only the fun of driving on the A80 through various villages but also when that started the motorway upgrades. What fun.

[@David_Crayford]

One parting shot: the name of the motorway makes me smile, for it is both a 1970s bubble bath from my childhood, and internet slang for matey.

[@AutoShenanigans]

I remember matey... .they were awesome

[@DavidRGray]

Nice to hear the theme to Scotch and Wry on the outro

[@AutoShenanigans]

it was a new one for me, but a banger none the less.

[@123penfold]

Enjoying your whistle-stop tour of the Motorways of Scotland.

[@AutoShenanigans]

It's a lovely part of the world, shame about the motorways :D

[@peterellis9105]

Wicked Sweet Awesome

[@chrisstevenson3328]

Thanks John!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate, thanks for watching!

[@MYCROFTonX]

"So that's something!" Yeah. It is. lollers... wickedsweetawesome as usual. The TV Gameshow music was... Groovy. My drip-dry Ever-Pressed slacks in bri-nylon were eager to meet up with my collection of Tank Tops and dance to that I can assure you!

[@AutoShenanigans]

bri-nylon :D

[@jobbiejew]

The Castlecary viaduct is a marvellous place to get stuck in traffic everyday. Thank feck they haven’t added any extra junctions, it’s chaos between 2pm and 7pm, a massive sea of red brake lights.

[@ClydebridgeStation]

Love the use of teh Scotch and Wry music at the end. You failed to mention that junction nine, at the roundabout, is where the Stirling services are! And very nice they are as well. That bridge you were standing in front of at the beginning, I know that bridge, that carries the Falkirk - Cumbernauld - Glasgow railway, and the bridge was built in 1989, to allow the alignment to be diverted onto it, before the rest of the motorway was constructed. It's called, I believe, the Provan Bridge.

[@AutoShenanigans]

That's the one mate!

[@ian38018a]

I really enjoyed that. Thanks, sir,

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for watching!

[@HendryDuncan]

I dug test holes at hornshill farm a good few years ago and was told it was to be a service station then right enough

[@sarkybugger5009]

I always wondered where raw concrete and asphalt came from, and now I know. Northfield and Boards quarry. Thanks, John.

[@M-demo]

Thanks for posting Auto Shenanigans. That's a blast from the past. I used to live close to M80 and use junction 8 often. I remember A80 roundabout. Rush hour was not fun but since the upgrade a lot better driving in that area.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one, thanks for watching

[@davidthompson5589]

The arches have always been my sign i was getting close to Glasgow. many family trips past there.

[@SteveCopps]

Thanks for another gem👍

[@tobyjackman3212]

This is the best video I've ever seen about anything

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one mate, I hope you stick around as long as I do :D

[@Gordanovich02]

At peak times the southbound M80 tails back where the M876 joins it, but it seems to have phantom tailbacks at Castlecary Arches too. I have a theory that people subconsciously slow down because they find driving through the arch a wee bit scary.

[@PuntoboyRST]

You're 100% correct!!

[@Firecul]

I have never figured out why people slowdown as they go into that valley. It gets seriously annoying having to slam on the brakes when there is nothing happening ahead to warrant it.

[@AutoShenanigans]

I can confirm traffic builds up... it held me up on the way home.

[@NiallWardrop]

It's because it is inadequate for the traffic flow as a policy decision at the design stage, to encourage people to use a railway line because that is somehow equivalent.

[@Pshady]

Such slick production, love it.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks mate!

[@2DogsVlogs]

So much has changed. Last time I drove on the A80\M80 was in 2001. I used too fly along it doing 54mph. Any more than that the people behind were hidden in a cloud of blue smoke. Driving up the M5 tuckies were always flashing me thinking the car was on fire I guess. No-one in Scotland cared as was pretty normal for a 7 yr old car too be using more oil than petrol. At least it had no rust, nor radiator too speak off.

[@Michael_Brock]

Makes my Sunday.

[@shugthehornyhaggis]

Got to love the scotch and wry them tune been my ring time for a while

[@colin.d]

The Auchenkilns Roundabout (now replaced with J5) used to be a constant source of congestion and accidents.

[@Firecul]

Yeah, it is much better now. Although I wish they'd repave the north roundabout, the patches never last there.

[@hammyh1165]

Nice , was at junction nine today also used to live a few hundred meters from the dam at the end. I now live a few hundred metres from the M90.

[@minijms1]

Outstanding!

[@thomasberesford177]

Just south of the Stirling services, where the M80 ends, lies Easterton Service Station (or at least what remains of it) which continued to be a petrol station and garage until the late 90s. My grandfather told me that this was bulit to form part of the original motorway Service station until last minute changes were made to the terminus.

[@harrygatto]

96.3K subscribers, well-deserved, almost there, congratulations very soon I hope.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks mate

[@scottc1589]

Aria sure is... interesting. And with lighting to complement its shape and form as an evil temptress to boot! Lit up at night it would really resemble "The Witch of the Motorways!"

[@AutoShenanigans]

She looks like a proper witch...

[@GrahamMacdonald-w9o]

I often wondered what that strange statue was beside the motorway but had never bothered to stop and find out. I have also only been past it during daylight hours and therefore I will need to (a) get off the motorway there and (b) travel at night to get the full ambiance.

[@GMac2776]

There seems to be a lot of abandoned roads after these motorways are constructed. They seem ideal for some of them to become cycle paths.

[@AutoShenanigans]

You could but most are cut off so don't lead anywhere.

[@NiallWardrop]

Sounds ideal, they could ride round in circles and not get in the way of walkers or drivers.

[@johncunnane1582]

thanks John, nice one

[@RClaffieJr]

Thanks!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks a lot mate! appreciate that.

[@jacquesvandenberg1873]

So well researched, thank you!

[@KnuxMaster368]

been subbed since 15k and next week youll almost certainly be at 100k

[@AutoShenanigans]

It might be a little longer but we're getting there!! :)

[@Kenny_P_abz]

That was interesting thanks John. I went to university in Glasgow from 89-93 and when the Stepps bypass section of the M80 was opened it was great for journey time travelling from Aberdeen for term. Stepps used to be a real bottleneck. I’ve never liked the Castlecary arches due to the narrow width and going through at an angle .

[@RichardWatt]

As a former Aberdonian myself, you could probably have spent ages getting out of it depending on which side of it you lived on.

[@dougie6886]

Excellent, well done. Very informative

[@aetch77]

J 1-3 was known as the Stepps Bypass J4-7 is technically the A80(M) as it is literally the existing A80 upgraded to motorway standards. J5 (The Auchenkilns junction) was upgraded roughly a decade before the A80 was upgraded to motorway status. J6 - the northbound carriageway used to have an offramp directly into the Old-Inns services, at the end the onramp from the roundabout. Aria - did you notice it has 4 (four) hands?

[@AutoShenanigans]

I did not notice the hands!

[@BonBonB]

I specifically click the like button before even watching the video. Not many channels I do that for, this is one.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Always used to remember the A80 because it passed Blackwood Hodge (home of Terex earthmovers) as you headed West just after the viaduct. Excellent big green metal!!

[@Gracievision]

i love a massive oval shaped roundabout and always imagine them closing the road off for a NASCAR race.

[@TheExplodingGerbil]

Wicked sweet awesome yerself Sir! 😂❤

[@jamesabbott5242]

Awesome Video

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks mate

[@Belznis]

Great video, interesting facts and fun to watch. Latvia lately also has been implementing more of those roundabouts and similar structures, I guess we could learn from UK as the size of the country is also not that large.

[@MemskiBobSki]

Always worth staying to the end to hear the play out music. No idea what it is but it's quite funky 👍

[@minibus9]

great video

[@pavo45]

Can't beat a little sarcasm, well done Jon another great video.

[@PaulMichael1084]

Thanks for another video, I love the amount of research you put into these. It feeds my inner history geek

[@JonBowe]

Travelled that M80/A80 between 1990 and 2008, and slowly watched the upgrade, via traffic jams especially in the 90s. The two roundabouts where the pain in A80 format.

[@SeeScotland]

Thanks for this ❤

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelwandererofthewilds9091]

That 18th century bridge is one of my favorite fishing spots for brown trout. Strange to see it here

[@PuntoboyRST]

AMAZING!! I have been waiting for this video forever! I used to drive the M80 from J2 (I stayed in Bishopbriggs) to Bridge of Allan every weekend for a few years starting in 2005. I never really went back up that way when the new section was being built and I now work in Stirling and live in a house that backs onto the old A80 at Moodiesburn so i use this motorway daily. I had completely forgotten what the road was like before the alterations and the completion of the missing link so thank you so much for jogging my memory. Where do you get your old Google Earth images?

[@adrianrutterford762]

Wonderful as ever. Thank you

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks mate

[@HellenicJohn]

wicked sweet awesome as usual.

[@AutoShenanigans]

nice one mate!

[@red00eye]

The Castlecary,/Red Burn railway viaduct arches are 15m wide or 50 feet. I did wonder how we got 2 8 foot trucks through a 15 feet arch 😄

[@RichardWatt]

With great difficulty?

[@smogmonster1876]

I can’t imagine aSunday without secrets of the motorway. KZbin would be less interesting without Auto Shenanigans Many thanks John, awesome episode

[@AutoShenanigans]

Nice one, thanks for watching!

[@brokengirl248]

Another great video. Thanks John 😊

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewthorne6653]

Thought you may have mentioned the Irn Bru factory just of junction 4 but it was still a wonderful & interesting video as always & I travel it 5 days a week keep up the good work. Are you saving the m8 Teletubbies for last?