B9178

This article is about the short link near Dulnain Bridge.
For the road in Peterhead, see B9178 (Peterhead).

The B9178, formerly the highest-numbered road in the UK, is a short connection between the A938 and A95 near Dulnain Bridge in Strathspey.

Sign at the northern end of the B9178

The route starts in the village of Dulnain Bridge at a T-junction with the A938, which was previously the terminus of that road on the A95, next to the River Dulnain. It then immediately crosses the river on the bridge from which the village takes its name, and heads south through a forestry plantation for around a third of a mile. At the end of the trees, a side road comes in from the south, following the original alignment of the A95, with the B9178 terminating soon after at a T-junction on the current route of the A95.

History

The route therefore follows part of the pre-bypass route of the A95 through Dulnain Bridge. The A938 was extended over the eastern part of the former A95 line. The number for this route isn't obvious on the ground, however, or from mapping as the signs at its southern junction with the A95 suggest it is part of the A938 and signs at the junction with the latter don't include a road number at all. Ordnance Survey mapping also suggests that this road forms a spur of the A938; however, the Highland Council's list of adopted roads shows it as B9178.