Whether it was for the greater good or not, the motorway changed beyond recognition, parts of inner city Glasgow. Buildings were demolished and long-established communities gone, forcing friends, neighbours and relatives to spread out far and wide.
The once heavily-populated areas of Townhead, Cowcaddens, Charing Cross, Anderston and Kinning Park would never be the same again.
Here we take a look at those areas and how the M8 changed them forever.
A version of this article first appeared on our sister site, The Scotsman
Here we take a look at those areas and how the M8 changed them forever.