A949 (Toll of Birness - Peterhead)

This article is about the original A949, in Aberdeenshire heading south from Peterhead.
For the current A949, formerly A9 and B9167 in Sutherland, see A949.

The former A949 (now A90) at Longhaven

The original route of the A949 ran from the A92 at Toll of Birness northeastwards to the coast near Boddam, then north to Peterhead, where it ended on the A952 in the centre of town. Having come in on South Road, it turned east towards Errol Street, initially running parallel to Kirk Street (the A950), before converging along what was then Manse Street. The construction of the modern roundabout has changed the townscape just here. The MOT Map also shows that King Street to the north was the A949; after a short multiplex westwards with the A950.

The entire road became part of an extended A952 in May 1935. Later, when the A90 was extended from Aberdeen to Fraserburgh, it was diverted via Peterhead rather than taking the more direct route the A92 had done and so the ex-A949 is now mostly part of the A90, although the road has been improved in many places over the years. Peterhead is bypassed, however, and so the northern end of the road is now part of the A982, with a new section bypassing the old road at Invernettie between the bypass and town centre.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Toll-of-Birness - Peterhead
An official document from 16-5-1935 details the following changes: Renumbered as A952