B713 (Prestwick)
B713 | ||||
Location Map ( geo) | ||||
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From: | Monkton (NS356275) | |||
To: | Mossblown (NS400246) | |||
Distance: | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) | |||
Met: | A77, A733, A758 | |||
Now part of: | B742 | |||
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Route outline (key) | ||||
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For the original B713 from Kaimrig End to Moffat, now part of the A701, see B713 (Kaimrig End - Moffat).
For the current B713 in Ayrshire, see B713.
The second incarnation of the B713 was a short route near Prestwick in Ayrshire. It started on the A77 in Monkton and headed southeastwards to end on the A758 in Mossblown.
The route was unclassified in 1922 but had gained the B713 number by 1932, possibly earlier as the original B713 had been raised to Class I status before 1927. However, the numbers use here was also short-lived as the route was renumbered as a northern extension of the B742 at some point between 1932 and 1936. The western half of the route was subsequently destroyed by the construction of Prestwick Airport in the 1950s, with the 1951 OS One Inch map showing the B742 starting at the old bridge over the Pow Burn. This site is now part of the perimeter road, although the bridge is gone and the burn tunnelled. It can still be followed from both ends as far as the airport boundary but imagination is needed to link the two halves together.
Route
The route started on the former A77, Main Street, in Monkton and headed south west along the long straight that now runs parallel to the runway and serves the BAE / Spirit Aerosystems site. Only a few yards of this road are still open to the public, serving the visitors car park. The old road then disappears briefly, before reappearing as an internal road in the airport, passing the fire station. Another grassy section follows before the road emerges from the airport as Sandyford Road which runs down to the new A77 Ayr Bypass. The remainder of the route from here into Mossblown is still part of the B742.