B902 (Borrowstounness - Queensferry)
B902 | ||||
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From: | Queensferry (NT135783) | |||
To: | Bo'ness (NS996815) | |||
Distance: | 10.7 miles (17.2 km) | |||
Met: | A90, B800, B707, B903, A904 | |||
Now part of: | A904, B924 | |||
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For the current B902 between Falkirk and Stenhousemuir, see B902.
The original B902 as classified in 1922 was the main route west from the ferry pier at Queensferry, this being four decades before the opening of the Forth Road Bridge. As such, it was an essential route for travellers from Fife to West Lothian, Falkirk, and arguably Glasgow with the first bridge over the Forth to be found many miles further upstream in Stirling.
The eastern end of the road was at the point the A90 transferred onto the ferry across the Forth. This is presumably why the B902 was given a Class II number from the beginning as any non-ferry traffic between Edinburgh and Glasgow could have taken other routes to the south. However, it became clear early on that an upgraded A-road designation was required. At the western end of the old B902, it terminated in central Bo'ness at the same junction as the A706 and the A904. As a result, it was an easy job to extend the A904 eastwards along the entire B902 to reach the A90 in Queensferry, and this was probably done in the mid 1920s, certainly before 1932.
That route of the former B902 remained unchanged until the opening of the Forth Road Bridge and approaches in 1964, when the A904 was rerouted inland to Echline Junction and the B924 number used to cover the bypassed section through Queensferry; the B902 number had earlier been reused on a route north from Falkirk.