Aberdeenshire

This article is about the County.
For the Highway Authority, see Aberdeenshire Council.

The historic county of Aberdeenshire covers much of north-east Scotland, around the city of Aberdeen, but is considerably smaller than the area covered by the modern Aberdeenshire Council. The modern administrative area also includes Kincardineshire and part of Banffshire, whilst not including the city of Aberdeen.

Geography & Economy

The B999 near Pitmedden

The large county of Aberdeenshire stretches from the North Sea to the highest peak in the Cairngorms, taking in the scenic Strathdon and Deeside, as well as the wide coastal plain of North East Scotland. It is a varied landscape, with beaches and high sea cliffs along the coast contrasting with beaches and cliffs around the high lochs of the mountains! The coastal plain, like in neighbouring counties, is fertile farmland which helps sustain a number of food industries in the region. Fishing is also an important business, from the ports of Fraserburgh and Peterhead, although it is the North Sea oil boom that has provided a significant impact on the local economy in the last few decades.

The south west of the county stretches into the mountains above Deeside, and is a popular tourist destination, whether for hill climbers or those seeking out the sights and landmarks favoured by Queen Victoria near Balmoral. Strathdon to the north is equally scenic, although perhaps overlooked and so quieter for the visitors that do find it. In winter months, ski centres on the county boundaries are popular destinations, and other adventure pursuits are catered for further east in warmer months.

Roads

The old bridge of Dee at Invercauld

The majority of the county has a dense network of A, B and unclassified roads connecting the towns and villages. It is only in the mountainous south west where the side roads disappear and the network is reduced to the A93, A939 and a couple of B roads. A series of fine bridges span the two main rivers, the Dee and Don, some having royal patronage, others dating back to the military roads of Major Caulfeild, or Thomas Telfords commission on Highland roads and bridges.

All of the non trunk roads in the county are maintained by either Aberdeenshire Council or Aberdeen Council. The trunk routes, which are the A90 and A96 are managed by Transport Scotland. The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route was opened in stages in 2018 and 2019, and saw significant changes to the road network around the city. The A90 was rerouted along it, and the old route reverted to A92,which it had been before A90 was extended north in the 1990s.

Several A roads were downgraded to B roads in 1973 or 1974; there were A973, A974, A979, and large parts of A948 and A981. Conversely, most of B9000 and all of B9004 and B9014 were upgraded to become A920.

Route	From	To	Length
A90	Edinburgh	Fraserburgh	146 miles	View
A92	Dunfermline	Blackdog	111 miles	View
A93	Perth	Aberdeen	108.3 miles	View
A96	Inverness	Aberdeen	101.5 miles	View
A97	Dinnet	Banff	56.1 miles	View
A98	Fraserburgh	Fochabers	51.1 miles	View
A920	Dufftown	Ellon	46.1 miles	View
A939	Nairn	Ballater	59.6 miles	View
A939	Cock Bridge	Ballater	13.5 miles	View
A939	Grantown on Spey	Cock Bridge	21.5 miles	View
A939	Nairn	Ballater	59.6 miles	View
A941	Lossiemouth	Rhynie	41 miles	View
A944	Aberdeen	Colnabaichin	50.3 miles	View
A945	Bridge of Dee	Aberdeen	1.4 miles	View
A946	Kittybrewster	Aberdeen Docks	1.2 miles	View
A947	Bucksburn	Banff	40.7 miles	View
A948	Ellon	New Deer	13 miles	View
A949	Toll of Birness	Peterhead	12.6 miles	View
A950	Peterhead	New Pitsilgo (NW)	19.224 miles	View
A951	Queen Street	Kirk Street	0.3 miles	View
A952	Toll of Birness	Rathen	16 miles	View
A956	Cleanhill	Bridge of Don	11.2 miles	View
A973	Crathie	Potarch	25.0 miles	View
A974	Westhill	Ordie	27.8 miles	View
A975	Newburgh	Cruden Bay	15.1 miles	View
A978	Old Aberdeen	Holburn Junction, Aberdeen	2.8 miles	View
A979	Oyne	Gartly	13.0 miles	View
A980	Banchory	Alford	20.6 miles	View
A981	New Deer	Fraserburgh	15.437 miles	View
A982	Invernettie	Waterside	3.394 miles	View
A9011	Westgrove Drive	Stockethill	0.9 miles	View
A9012	Ashgrove	Northfield	0.5 miles	View
A9013	Bridge of Dee	Aberdeen	2.3 miles	View
A9103	Bridge of Dee	Aberdeen	1 mile	View
A9119	Aberdeen	Kingswells	4.1 miles	View
B968	Aboyne	Birsemore	0.819 miles	View
B969	Balmoral	Gairnshiel Bridge	4.8 miles	View
B971	Tullich Road	South Deeside Road	0.1 miles	View
B972	Milton of Tullich	Bridge of Gairn	1.8 miles	View
B973	Kinellar Roundabout	Clinterty Roundabout	1.02 miles	View
B973	Corgarff	Forbestown	8.1 miles	View
B974	Cambus o'May	West Kingsford, nr Westhill	27.6 miles	View
B975	Kincardine O'Neil	Millbank	10.0 miles	View
B976	Strachan	Gairnshiel Lodge	35.801 miles	View
B976	Banchory	Alford	20.6 miles	View
B977	Raemoir House	Rashiereve	32.2 miles	View
B979	Stonehaven	Belscamphie	34.0 miles	View
B980	Peterculter	Blackburn	9.1 miles	View
B981	Maryculter Bridge	Milltimber	0.8 miles	View
B982	Marywell	Aberdeen	4.3 miles	View
B982	Kirkton of Oyne	Gartly	13 miles	View
B983	North Esplanade West	Woolmanhill Roundabout	1.0 mile	View
B983	Wapping Street	North Anderson Drive	2.0 miles	View
B984	Craibstone Roundabout	Dyce Drive	0.4 miles	View
B984	Mastrick	Bucksburn	2.2 miles	View
B985	Great Southern Road	Coast Road	2.3 miles	View
B985	Queen's Road	Nicholas Street	1.1 miles	View
B985	Union Street	Westburn Road	0.7 miles	View
B986	Wapping Street	North Anderson Drive	2.6 miles	View
B987	Tavelty junction	Broomhill roundabout	1.9 miles	View
B987	Holburn Street	Market Street	1.0 mile	View
B988	The Parkway	St Machar Drive	1.5 miles	View
B988	Union Street	Commerce Street	0.1 miles	View
B989	Berryden Road	Causewayend	0.4 miles	View
B990	West North Street, Aberdeen	King Street, Aberdeen	0.2 miles	View
B991	King Street	Great Northern Road	0.7 miles	View
B991	Powis Terrace	St Machar Drive	0.6 miles	View
B992	Whitehouse	Mains of Towie	24.4 miles	View
B993	Allancreich	Whiterashes	32.5 miles	View
B994	Kintore	Kemnay	3.5 miles	View
B995	Kintore	Hatton of Fintray	3.4 miles	View
B996	Blackburn	Elrick	6.9 miles	View
B997	Bridge of Don	Corsehill	4.4 miles	View
B998	Newmachar	Whitecairns	2.4 miles	View
B999	Mundurno	Wedderlairs	15.8 miles	View
B9000	Newburgh	Pitmedden	7.6 miles	View
B9001	Bogniebrae	Inverurie	22.3 miles	View
B9002	Mill of Carden	Elrick	22.7 miles	View
B9002	Inverurie	Fraserburgh	34.6 miles	View
B9002	Rhynie	Elrick	5.9 miles	View
B9003	Cotehill crossroads	Collieston	1.9 miles	View
B9003	Old Meldrum	Newburgh	11.8 miles	View
B9004	Ellon	Pitmedden	5.6 miles	View
B9005	Fyvie	Ellon	17.6 miles	View
B9005	Foveran	Cruden Bay	14.5 miles	View
B9013	Craigellachie	Lumsden	21.5 miles	View
B9014	Dufftown	Huntly	12.2 miles	View
B9022	Huntly	Portsoy	16.6 miles	View
B9024	Glen Dronach	Turriff	8.2 miles	View
B9025	Broadley Bridge	Turriff	13.5 miles	View
B9027	Cuminestown	Woods of Byth	4.7 miles	View
B9028	New Deer (NE)	New Deer (SE)	1.119 miles	View
B9029	New Deer	Old Deer	5.636 miles	View
B9030	Old Deer	Auchnagatt	5.406 miles	View
B9031	Fraserburgh	Macduff(E)	20.4 miles	View
B9032	Coburty	Rathen (N)	5.286 miles	View
B9033	Lumbs Crossroads	Fraserburgh	7.464 miles	View
B9034	Cemetery Road	Harbour	0.8 miles	View
B9038	Corsehill	Balmedie	4.8 miles	View
B9077	Aberdeen	Crathes	13.7 miles	View
B9093	New Pitsligo	Denhead	7.894 miles	View
B9093	Potarch Bridge	Birsemore	5.6 miles	View
B9094	Tarland	Aboyne	4.696 miles	View
B9105	Marnonwells	Latch of Cook	5.765 miles	View
B9106	Nethermuir (N)	Tillypestle	3.807 miles	View
B9107	Scabbit Fauld	Inverallochy	0.889 miles	View
B9108	Stirling Village	Boddam	0.899 miles	View
B9115	Drummuir	Coachford (W)	4.2 miles	View
B9119	Westhill	Cambus o' May	31.2 miles	View
B9125	Garlogie	The Birks	3.4 miles	View
B9126	Lyne of Skene	Kirkton of Skene	2.9 miles	View
B9144	Blackhall Roundabout	Inverurie	1 mile	View
B9158	Dinnet	Dinnet Bridge	0.4 miles	View
B9170	Darra	Inverurie	31.1 miles	View
B9172	Huntly Bypass	The Square	0.8 miles	View
B9173	Huntly Bypass	The Square	0.8 miles	View
B9178	Invernettie Roundabout	South Bay	1.42 km	View
C120B	Myre of Bedlam	Cairnbanno	2.4 miles	View
C120S	Upper Asleid	Cairnbanno	0.5 miles	View
C148B	The Square	North Street	0.3 miles	View
C153C	Drumoak	Park Bridge	0.4 miles	View
C21M	Milltown of Campfield	Bridge of Canny	2 miles	View
C2B	Strichen	Mill of Bruxie	3.7 miles	View
C2C	Foveran	Udny Station	4.4 miles	View
T30	Perth	Inverness		View
T100	Aberdeen	Fochabers	55.3 miles	View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Aberdeenshire

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Aberdeenshire