B1408 (East Lothian)

This article is about the original B1408 in East Lothian.
For the current B1408, part of the original A12 in Essex, see B1408.

Approaching Longniddry on the B6363 (former B1408)

The B1408 was a short link road between the A1 and Longniddry in East Lothian. The route was originally unclassified, but gained its number in the late 1920s, and is first identified on the 1932 OS Ten Mile Map. However, the number was relatively short-lived in this location and the route became an extension of the B6363 in the 1940s, with the number changing between the 1944 and 1946 editions of the Ten Mile Map.

The route started on the A1 (present A199) just west of Gladsmuir and headed north along a straight, featureless road, descending gently across fields. Roughly midway, there was a quick double bend for no apparent reason, and half a mile or so to the north it crossed an unclassified road at a crossroads. It then wasn't long before it passed under the East Coast Main Line and ended immediately afterwards on the A198 on the edge of Longniddry.