B814 (Clydebank - Faifley)

This article is about the original B814 running north from Clydebank.
For the current B814 slightly to the west, see B814.

The A8014 (former B814) in Kilbowie

The B814 was a short link road to the north of the Dunbartonshire town of Clydebank. It started on the A82 (now A814) to the west of the town centre and headed north for a couple of miles. It ran through Kilbowie and then crossed the Antonine Wall before ending on the A810 in Faifley.

Although still shown as a B road on the 1936 sheet, the 1939 Ten Mile Road Map shows the route of the road as being Class I, suggesting that it had been renumbered to its current number, A8014 in the late 1930s. Indeed, the 1938 OS six inch map shows the current numbering with the A8014 replacing the original B814 throughout. Whilst the actual route of the road has remained very close to that of the original B814, the road itself has almost certainly changed substantially, particularly at the northern end, where is is presumably far wider than the old semi rural B road that it has replaced.

What is confusing is that the current route of the B814 also exists in the same area, and is also marked on the 1938 six inch map, the two meeting at a T junction immediately to the south of the A82, before the Kilbowie Roundabout had been built. Although it is possible that the new route of the B814 and the section to the north of the A82 formed a single route for a short period, it seems more likely that the number was moved to its current route when the original route was upgraded.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Clydebank - Faifley