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and Edinburgh has a been proposed and is being phased. The decision has been contested for many years, as the bypass will form a bottle neck back into the current road, and also will cut through an important
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Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal Joint Committee
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This Scotland road or road transport-related article is a
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A relief road for a stretch of the A701 running between
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The A701 leaves Dumfries and travels north to meet the
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Index

A701 shield
Dumfries
55°04′17″N 3°36′39″W / 55.0714°N 3.6109°W / 55.0714; -3.6109 (A701 road (southern end))
Edinburgh
55°56′21″N 3°10′46″W / 55.9391°N 3.1794°W / 55.9391; -3.1794 (A701 road (northern end))
United Kingdom
Scotland
Primary
destinations

A780
A75

A74(M)
A708
A72
A721
A703
A6094
A766
A720
A772
A700
A7
Roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways
A and B road zones
Scotland
Dumfries
Edinburgh
A74(M)
Beattock

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