A749 road
The A749 road in Scotland connects East Kilbride with Glasgow city centre via Rutherglen and Bridgeton.
Route
East Kilbride
The road starts off as a dual carriageway at a roundabout called "The Whirlies", with a junction for the A725 road. Running north it quickly meets another roundabout for the A749 spur which connects onto the A725 ; another exit provides access to the former Rolls-Royce engineering works, which closed in 2010s and was converted mostly to housing to complement existing commercial and retail property. The road continues past a third roundabout with exits for the Stewartfield district, and for the Kingsgate Retail Park. After a traffic light junction the road becomes National Speed Limit, descending down a long hill flanked by fields towards Rutherglen, offering panoramic views over much of Greater Glasgow. In this rural section it is known as Glasgow Road.Rutherglen
Around two miles north-west there is a grade separated staggered junction for the B759 road to Greenlees Road to the east followed by Cathkin Braes Road to the west, and the permitted speed reduces to a 40-mile-per-hour limit. The junction can be dangerous due to the speeds involved, and the fact that the traffic for Cambuslang queued in the fast lane at busy times and crosses the southbound lanes, as does traffic from the B road onto the northbound carriageway. Fatalities have occurred and the construction of a new residential development in the adjacent fields led to safety measures being proposed in 2017 and introduced two years later.The road continues on to another roundabout where it meets the end of the A730 road – the Cathkin bypass. Now known as East Kilbride Road, the A749 continues north for another brief spell as a 40-mile-per-hour dual carriageway passing the Springhall and Whitlawburn housing schemes, but soon afterwards drops to a 30-mile-per-hour zone and the dual carriageway section ends at a junction with Blairbeth Road. it travels into Burnside as East Kilbride Road until reaching Burnside railway station.
Turning north onto Stonelaw Road, it meets the start of the B762, forms the traditional 'high street' retail zone for the area, then and continues north and downhill to Rutherglen town centre, directly overlooked by houses at a few points but generally open space – two small parks, a care home complex set back from the road, and a bowling green – or civic buildings including the local health centre, a church and the converted building of Rutherglen Academy. It goes through a long-established cutting – concrete walls approximately high on either side, topped by vegetation – through higher ground known as Clincarthill on the west side and Wardlawhill on the east side, soon meeting the historic Main Street at Rutherglen Cross. Becoming the narrow Farmeloan Road, it crosses over the West Coast Main Line railway beside Rutherglen railway station, and under the elevated M74 motorway. A junction with the end of the A724 at Farme Cross results in another name change, to Dalmarnock Road; this is followed by crossing the River Clyde. Passing the Clyde Walkway, the road enters the City of Glasgow proper still heading in a northwesterly direction.
Glasgow
The road enters Glasgow at Dalmarnock and where it meets the Glasgow East End Regeneration Route at Dalmarnock railway station and continues past the B763 road, then enters the Bridgeton District as Dalmarnock Road.At Bridgeton Cross and Bridgeton railway station, the A749 label switches onto London Road and carries on west to Glasgow city centre, passing Calton and The Barras flea market. It forms a brief part of the one-way system along with the A89 road on the eastern edge of the Merchant City.
It ends at Glasgow Cross, a grade junction with the A8 ; thereafter the road continues as the Trongate into the heart of the city centre unclassified.