A-road fork sign

A green sign with a diagram showing an exit branching off the road ahead and the following text.

Forward destinations: Glasgow (M8); Stirling (M9); Forth Road Br (A90); A720.

Exit destinations: City centre; Lanark; A701; (A70).

Junction name: BABERTON JUNCTION.

The A70 sounds like it ought to be an important road, but it really isn't - not any more, at least. It makes slow progress out of the Edinburgh suburbs and it's only indirectly connected to the bypass via this junction and a length of B-road; and even then, this junction only has east-facing sliproads.

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