List of Abandoned Roads in Scotland
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Below is a list of significant stretches of abandoned road in Scotland. Please do not add Ox-bow roads that are now used as lay-bys.
| Image | Number | Road Name | Location | When abandoned | County | Map | Notes |
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A82 | Glen Coe | 1931/2 | Argyll | Long stretch of Telford's Road replaced by modern S2 route to south. Old road extends 2½ miles (4.2km) from Altnafeadh in east to 'The Study' in the west. Some sections can still be driven on by quads/4x4s, but this is a very rare event. | ||
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A82 | Rannoch Moor | Argyll | Long stretch of Telford's Road replaced by modern S2 route. Now used for long distance West Highland Way path. | |||
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A82 | Loch Oich | 1930s | Inverness-shire | Old road along eastern shore of Loch Oich. Allocated B8048 number in 1920s, declassified by 1935. Now alternative route for Great Glen Way, almost unaccessible to motor vehicles. | ||
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A83 | Glen Kinglass | 1970s | Argyll | Long stretch of old road lying alongside and parallel to modern S2 road. Runs from Dunoon Road End most of the way up the glen to Butter Bridge. | ||
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A87/Loch Loyne | Loch Loyne | 1957 | Inverness-shire | The famous lost section through Loch Loyne. Either end is still used as Estate Roads, but not the bit in the middle! | ||
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A87 | Glen Shiel | 1970s | Inverness-shire | Old bridge across River Shiel. Now no more than a footpath. | ||
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A830 | Locheilside | 1970s | Inverness-shire | Loop cut off by new S2 route. Some parts still in use as property access | ||
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A830 | Kinlocheil | 1970s | Inverness-shire | Loop cut off by new S2 route. Partly still used as property access. | ||
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A830 | east of Glen Mama | 1990s | Inverness-shire | Two loops cut off by new S2 route. Partly still used as property access. | ||
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A830 | Druimindarroch | January 2009 | Inverness-shire | Several sections cut off by new S2 route. Some parts still used as property access | ||
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A835 | Strathcanaird | 1970s | Ross-shire | Long stretches between Strathcanaird and Ardmair to the west, passing through the pass called Glutton. | ||
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A835 | Garbat / Inchbae | 1970s | Ross-shire | Long stretches from Silver Bridge at Garve round towards Inhcbae, runs parallel and largely overgrown | ||
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A837 | Assynt | 1970s | Sutherland | Long stretches alongside River Inver | ||
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A851 | Road to Lochaber | early 2000s | Inverness-shire | Long stretch of old route replaced by parallel S2 road | ||
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A861 | Glen Tarbert | 1970s | Argyll | Long stretches alongside modern S2 route | ||
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A867 | North Uist | 2000s | Ross-shire | New off-line S2 road has replaced parallel old route most of the way from Lochmaddy to Clachan a Luib. Some sections of the old road still used for local access. | ||
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A884 | Morvern | 1970s | Argyll | Long stretches of old road alongside modern S1 route | ||
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A887 | Loch Cluanie | 1957 | Inverness-shire | A drowned section through Loch Cluanie- the modern A87 route is a new build to the north side of the Loch. | ||
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A894 | Duartmore Bridge | 1979 | Sutherland | Lengthy realignment via new bridge and embankments. Also new alignment further north at Duartbeg which avoids doing 3 sides of a rectangle around a hill. |
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