B985 (Carden Place)

This article is about the former B985 along Skene Street and Carden Place in Aberdeen.
For the former B985 using Rose Street and Watson Street also in Aberdeen, see B985 (Union Street - Westburn Road).
For the current B985 using West Tullos Road and Hareness Road, see B985.

Schoolhill

The original B985 was a short route in Aberdeen city centre, which started on the A944 Queen's Road at [{Queens Cross]] and headed east along Carden Place and most of Skene Street, the A978 being crossed at the junction between them. Despite the proximity to the city centre, there are a lot of trees along the route, in front of houses and in school grounds, giving a suburban feel. A signalised crossroads with Esslemont Avenue and Rose Street marks where the B986 (later the B985) was crossed and then the B983 was met at the south end of the Rosemount Viaduct. After a short multiplex, the B985 continued east on Schoolhill to end on the A96 Nicholas Street. This junction no longer exists, but was located at the pedestrian crossing between the two parts of the Bon Accord Shopping centre.

It seems likely that the route was renumbered in the late 1980s around the time that the A944 was re-routed onto the former B983 out of the city, and the B9119 extended into Aberdeen along the former A944 route. In 2020 the B9119 in Aberdeen was renumbered again as the A9119, and follows the majority of the ex-B985, continuing on Skene Street to the Woolmanhill Roundabout, with Schoolhill now being unclassified.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Aberdeen (Carden Street, Skene Street and Schoolhill)