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M8 Road Closures — Official Records & Permits

Current and upcoming M8 motorway closures, roadworks and lane restrictions. Full permit references, promoting organisations, and highway authority details.

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About the M8

Verified junction coverage

This profile summarises the verified junction records linked to the M8. It identifies the mapped junction coverage used on this page and does not claim a route length, endpoint, ownership or current traffic status.

Road reference

M8 motorway

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Mapped junctions

38 records

Junction references currently represented in the verified dataset.

Coordinate status

38 of 38 verified

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Mapped context

5 county labels

16 nearby locality labels across the mapped junction records.

Route context for M8 closures

The live list below reports current and planned records associated with M8. Junction locations and closure locations remain separate map references.

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100 M8 disruption records found

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100 full closures · 0 roadworks · 0 lane restrictions

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A full closure, roadwork or lane restriction is shown only when supplied by the source. Individual start and end times are source schedule times where available; they are not a guarantee of on-road conditions.

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The M8 westbound Junction 6 Newhouse to Junction J6a Chapelhall is closed due to a road traffic incident. (Hamilton)
Hamilton
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 11 Jul 2026 01:28 Ends: —
The M8 Off slip to Charring Cross is closed to all Westbound traffic, at junction 17 due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 10 Jul 2026 19:56 Ends: —
The M8(E) Off Slip is closed to all eastbound traffic, at junction 15 Townhead due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 10 Jul 2026 19:25 Ends: —
M8 (E) Jct 16 - Road partially blocked due to a broken down vehicle (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 10 Jul 2026 13:28 Ends: —
The M8 eastbound junction 18 to junction 16 is closed to allow for essential overnight roadworks. These works include th (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Jul 2026 21:00 Ends: —
The M8 is closed westbound between Junction 22 and Junction 24 due to overnight roadworks. The associated on and off sli (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Jul 2026 19:59 Ends: —
The M8 eastbound junction 16 on slip is closed to allow for essential overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Jul 2026 19:45 Ends: —
There will be no access to the M8 heading eastbound at J28a from the A737 heading north, due to overnight works on the f (Paisley)
Paisley
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Jul 2026 19:06 Ends: —
The northbound section of Whitburn Interchange at M8 Junction 4, carrying traffic towards the A801 northbound, is closed (Livingston)
Livingston
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Jul 2026 18:57 Ends: —
The on slip for the A720 at Hermiston Gait Roundabout (M8) is currently restricted heading east, due to a broken down ve (Edinburgh)
Edinburgh
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Jul 2026 18:33 Ends: —
M8(W) Jct 16 - Jct 15 - Lane 1 is closed due to a broken down vehicle. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 9 Jul 2026 11:54 Ends: —
The M8 is closed eastbound between Junction 18 and 16 due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 20:57 Ends: —
The M74 Junction 1 southbound is closed at M8 Junction 22 eastbound due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 19:57 Ends: —
The M8 is closed eastbound between Junction 3 and Junction 2 due to overnight roadworks. (Livingston)
Livingston
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 19:49 Ends: —
The M8 westbound is currently restricted on the approach to Junction 28A, at the merge with the A737, due to a broken do (Paisley)
Paisley
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 19:37 Ends: —
There will be no access to the A737 heading southbound from St James Interchange (M8 at Junction 29), due to overnight r (Paisley)
Paisley
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 19:33 Ends: —
There will be no access to the M8 heading eastbound at Junction 28 (Glasgow Airport), due to overnight works on the slip (Paisley)
Paisley
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 19:23 Ends: —
There is no access onto the M8 eastbound at Junction 23 due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 19:06 Ends: —
There is no access onto the M8 eastbound at Junction 24 due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 19:05 Ends: —
The northbound section of the A801 at M8 Junction 4 (Whitburn Interchange) is closed due to overnight roadworks. (Livingston)
Livingston
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 18:51 Ends: —
The M8 westbound junction 5 junction 6 is currently restricted, due to a road traffic collision. (Motherwell)
Motherwell
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 17:41 Ends: —
The M8 westbound junction 19 is currently restricted, due to a broken down vehicle. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 16:47 Ends: —
The M8 eastbound Junction 3 Livingston to Junction 2 Claylands is currently restricted due to a road traffic incident. (Livingston)
Livingston
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 8 Jul 2026 07:22 Ends: —
There is currently no access to the M8 eastbound at Junction 18 due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 7 Jul 2026 21:16 Ends: —
There is currently no access to the M8 eastbound at Junction 19 due to overnight roadworks. (Glasgow)
Glasgow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 7 Jul 2026 21:05 Ends: —
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M8 Junctions

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J1

Newbridge

Currie

J2

Claylands

Kirkliston

J3

Dechmont Interchange

Livingston

J3A

Starlaw Interchange

Blackburn

J4

Whitburn Interchange

East Whitburn

J4A

Heartlands Interchange

Longridge

J5

Shotts Interchange

Shotts

J6

Newhouse

Newhouse

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Road Closures on the M8

Road Closures UK shows 100 current and planned disruption records associated with the M8 motorway, sourced directly from National Highways' Transport Data Feeds and Street Manager. The record type identifies a full closure, roadworks or lane restriction where supplied. Each record includes the available permit reference, promoter, responsible highway authority, work status and TTRO information.

Scope: UK-only records supplied through ClearRoute for M8. “Current” is determined from available source event times; planned reports and records without usable event times are identified by their visible schedule details. The site-wide connection/cache status is separate from each record’s source timing.

What these local M8 records show

100 locally scoped records have source times indicating it is scheduled active for M8. Locations affected include Glasgow, Paisley, Livingston and Hamilton. Recorded severity is medium (100).

Live closure details

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Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows UK-filtered current and planned disruption records reported for the M8 through ClearRoute. “Current” depends on available source schedule times; use the type filter to distinguish full road closures from roadworks and lane restrictions, then open a record for its permit reference, promoter and highway authority.
M8 road closure data comes from official UK sources: Street Manager (councils and utility companies), National Highways (motorways and major A-roads), D-TRO (Digital Traffic Regulation Orders), Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales, and TrafficWatchNI. All data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Road Closures UK can show reported full closures, roadworks and lane restrictions on the M8 up to 90 days in advance. Street Manager permits are submitted by councils and utility companies before work begins, so you can often see planned work weeks or months ahead of the start date.
Yes. Use the date and type filters on this page to review reported records scheduled for today, then open a record to confirm its available start and end times. A record is not treated as a live closure solely because it is listed for today.
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