The A983 was a relatively short rural A-road in west Fife, which started on the A912 in Falkland. The route headed north along a more-or-less straight road across the flat Howe of Fife to cross the River Eden and enter Dunshalt where the road turned sharply left. A winding mile or so took the road to the A91 on the edge of Auchtermuchty. The flat Howe ends at Auchtermuchty and after crossing the A91, the A983 climbed out of town into the Ochil Hills. The road wound through the valleys and passes, meeting no settlements of any size before it passed under a railway line to end on the A913 at Den of Lindores, to the east of Newburgh.
History
The A983 came into being in the early 1930s when the majority of the B936 was upgraded to Class I status. The route survived until at least the 1970s, and is still shown on the 1974 OS Landranger map, but has since been downgraded to Class II status once more, possibly connected to the opening of the M90. Unusually, the road has got its original number back and so is numbered B936 once more.
