This article is about the current B987 at Kintore. For the former B987 in Aberdeen, see B987 (Aberdeen).
Looking northwest along the B987 (former A96) at The Square in Kintore
The B987 is the former route of the A96 through Kintore, and was created in 1998 with the opening of the dualled Kintore Bypass. It starts at the northern end of the bypass, at Tavelty Junction and heads south east along Northern Road, into the town centre at The Square. Here the B977 comes in from the east and the two routes turn south along School Road for a short multiplex. The B977 then forks off to the right on Gauchhill Road, and the B987 continues alone past a right turn for the B994 and across a roundabout for the industrial estate, to terminate at the Broomhill Roundabout on the A96 to the south of the town.
This number is marked on Ordnance Survey and Google maps; however, on the ground, only one signpost, opposite the end of the B994 shows the number "B987". Otherwise the route is signed as "B977" or occasionally "(B977)" at every other junction. The Council lists do, however, confirm that the route is the B987 throughout.
