B916
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| From: | Dunfermline (NT100862) | |||
| To: | Dalgety Bay (NT147840) | |||
| Distance: | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) | |||
| Meets: | A823, B981, A921 | |||
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The B916 is a short B-road in south Fife.
The route begins in Dunfermline at a signalised crossroads with the A823 at Hospital Cross Head on Hospital Hill, and runs east as Aberdour Road through the suburbs of Dunfermline. The first stretch is a pleasant tree lined avenue between bungalows, then after a mini roundabout, more modern development is mostly set back behind service roads or accessed from side roads. Linburn Road and Masterton Road are met at a roundabout, after which all of the housing estates seem to either back onto the B916, or only have pedestrian connections, with a series of smaller roundabouts providing vehicular access. One of these modern estates is notable in having a very 1930s feel, with half timbering, tile hanging and leaded windows.
At length, the edge of the city is reached and the route crosses over the M90 before meeting the B981 (former A90) at Fordell Crossroads. This was the northern temporary terminus of the M90 from opening in 1964 until the next section north was opened in 1969. The access to the motorway was closed up again in 1969, restoring the junction to its former layout, more or less, although a wide strip of old tarmac in the south west corner still shows where the M90 was ran. The B916 turns right here and forms a brief multiplex with the B981 down to the next junction.
After about a 150m the B916 resumes, heading east once more on Clocklunie Road, passing the entrance to Fordell Castle before turning south. As it winds steeply down the hill, the road is narrow but has a wide, segregated cycle track alongside. A long straight follows dropping down into Hillend, where the railway is crossed, followed by a sharp left turn at the east end of Hillend village; this was its original termination point where it met the A92 (which was renumbered in the late 1980s as the A921). However, the construction of the Hillend by-pass led to the extension of the B916, past the entrance to Dalgety Bay railway halt and then terminating at a roundabout, the present-day junction with the A921.
