A717

The A717 is a very short route which runs by the sea at Stranraer – between the A77 and the A718, just as it did when it was first classified in 1922.

Harbour Street, Stranraer

The route starts at a TOTSO junction on the A77 to the east of the town centre, near the entrance to the pier. It continues west along Cairnryan Road, passing between some rather nice houses and a hotel stood back in large grounds, and the desolate wasteland of the former ferry terminals. A wide junction originally built for the ferry traffic still accommodates traffic to the station, which has to run out along a road running between tall vandal proof fencing. Beyond the pier area, a shoreside car park is accessed from the Port Rodie Roundabout, with roads into the town centre one way system heading south, and then a second roundabout is found at the further end of Harbour Street. Shortly after the second roundabout, the A717 comes to an end midway along Market Street at a TOTSO with the A718, which is now one-way into the town centre on Queen Street.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Link in Stranraer