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is signed as the Tourist Route to Edinburgh. The route attracts a large number of lorries and heavy goods vehicles and even though it includes some reasonably straight sections suitable for overtaking it can be a slow route from the M74 to Edinburgh. One other possible route to Edinburgh for those
447:(A720) on the city's outskirts. In the city it is known as Home Street, Leven Street, Bruntsfield Place, Morningside Road, Comiston Road and finally Biggar Road. It continues in a south-westerly direction beside the Pentland Hills to 891: 886: 424:
The A702 begins as a minor street heading north as Ponton Street from its junction with West Tolcross, then turning east into Fountainbridge, and south into Earl Grey Street where it
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The start of the A702 at the Tollcross junction in central Edinburgh. The road heads off to the left of the photograph.
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The A702 from junction 13 of the M74 is the recommended route to Edinburgh, whereas the windier
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who work in and around the Edinburgh area. The road passes through the villages of
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The stretch of the A702 between Abington and Edinburgh was formerly part of the
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system, of route E32. The E32 also ran northwards out of Edinburgh along the
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junction, and then shortly afterwards meets junction 13 of the
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Index

A702 road (Great Britain)
A702 shield
Edinburgh
55°56′37″N 3°12′13″W / 55.9436°N 3.2037°W / 55.9436; -3.2037 (A702 road (northeastern end))
A700
A720
A703
A766
A721
A72
A73

M74

A74(M)
A76
A713
St. John's Town of Dalry
55°06′21″N 4°09′54″W / 55.1059°N 4.1649°W / 55.1059; -4.1649 (A702 road (southwestern end))
United Kingdom
Primary
destinations

Edinburgh
Biggar
Abington
Roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways
A and B road zones
Scotland
Edinburgh
St. John's Town of Dalry

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