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The A9 is a major road in Scotland running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. At 273 miles (439 km), it is the longest road in Scotland and the fifth-longest A-road in the United Kingdom.
The "A9 Dual Action Group" was established to bring attention to the statistics. It submitted a petition to the Scottish Parliament in December 2022, calling on the Scottish Government to follow through on its 2011 commitment to convert the remaining 77 miles (124 kilometres) [ 4 ] of single carriageway into dual carriageway by 2025. [ 2 ]
The A9 dualling project is an ongoing Scottish infrastructure project to upgrade the A9 road between Perth and Inverness from single carriageway to a dual carriageway. The project was announced in 2011 and began construction in 2015.
Originally allocated to a road from A9 (now Caledonian Road) in Perth via York Place, County Place, and South Street to A85 & A920. Became a spur of the A85 in 1936 and is now unclassified. Later allocated between 1947 and 1955 (based on maps) to a road from Upper Largo to north of Crail as a replacement of the A917 and B942.
The A9 at Slochd Summit. The Slochd Summit (/ s l ɒ x k /; [1] Scottish Gaelic: An Sloc) is a mountain pass on the A9 road and the Highland Main Line Railway in the Scottish Highlands between Inverness and Aviemore. An old military road also goes through the pass. National Cycle Network route 7 also goes over the summit, largely following the ...
Possible number for the A9 south of Aviemore; may have been briefly used, but is now part of the B9152 as signage at the B9152/A9 junction has "B9151" patched over as B9152. B9152 A95 north of Aviemore: A9 east of Kingussie: B9153 Carrbridge: A95 west of Boat of Garten: B9154 A9, Daviot: A9 north of Tomatin: B9155 A823, Dunfermline: A907 ...
Blackford (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Gaoithe) [2] is located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the town of Auchterarder.The village is located just off the A9 between Perth and Stirling which has been bypassed since 1978.
In June 2008, the Road Safety Foundation announced that the most dangerous road in Scotland was the 27 km stretch of the A99 between the A9 at Latheron and Wick. With twelve fatal and serious casualty accidents in three years between 2004 and 2006, the road was one of only four roads in Great Britain rated as Black—the highest risk band—in ...