B9002 (Inverurie - Fraserburgh)
B9002 | ||||||||||
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From: | Inverurie (NJ774215) | |||||||||
To: | Fraserburgh (NJ996663) | |||||||||
Via: | Strichen | |||||||||
Distance: | 34.6 miles (55.7 km) | |||||||||
Met: | A96, B9000, A947, B999, A948, B9028, B9029, A950, B9032, A92 | |||||||||
Now part of: | A981, B9170, A920 | |||||||||
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For the current B9002 through Insch in Aberdeenshire, see B9002.
For the previous B9002 from Rhynie to Elrick, see B9002 (Rhynie - Elrick).
The original B9002 ran from the A96 in Inverurie to the A92 in Fraserburgh along the direct route via Oldmeldrum and New Deer. This included a short multiplex with the A947 in Oldmeldrum. However, the road number was short-lived as it was upgraded to become the A981 in the early 1930s, and by 1932 the B9002 number had already been re-allocated.
Since then the A981 has been curtailed, with the southern terminus now being New Deer, explaining why two Class I roads end on each other there. The former B9002 route to the south is now part of a circuitous B9170. However, a short section along Commercial Road in Oldmeldrum was for a time renumbered as the A920, around the time that the A981 was curtailed. This route now appears to have been moved onto the Oldmeldrum bypass, leaving Commercial Road as unclassified.