B997
B997 | |||||||
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From: | Bridge of Don (NJ946096) | ||||||
To: | Corsehill (NJ906148) | ||||||
Distance: | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) | ||||||
Meets: | A956, A92, B977 | ||||||
Old route now: | B977 | ||||||
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Route outline (key) | |||||||
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The B997 is a short B-road in east Aberdeenshire.
The route starts at a roundabout on the A956 in the Aberdeen suburb of Bridge of Don, a short distance to the north of the river-crossing of the same name. It heads west along North Donside Road, a busy distributor road which curves between housing estates, becoming Scotstown Road at a junction where, until it was re-routed in 2020, the B997 used to TOTSO. Scotstown Road, turns north skirting an industrial estate on the right-hand side before crossing a roundabout junction with the A92, Parkway. Soon after this, the last of the suburbs are left behind and the road crosses Scotstown Moor, passing through woods and rough fields. The edge of a housing estate is passed, but without vehicular access, and then the route climbs into open country.
A couple of long straights lead out through fields and then there is a scattering of houses along the roadside before it passes the small Bishops Loch. The fields give way to woodland on the left with sand and gravel pits on the right and soon after the road ends on the B977 at Corsehill, a short distance south of the new A90, Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
History
From 1922 until 1934, the B997 was somewhat longer than it is today. It originally extended for a further three and a half miles west, meandering around the north side of Dyce and along the River Don to reach the then B996 between Cothall and Hatton of Fintray. However, when the B977 was extended eastwards from Kintore, the B997 was curtailed to its current length.
More recently, in 2020, the southern end of the route was changed. It had originally started much closer to the Bridge of Don, at a signalised crossroads, and wound westwards along Balgownie Road, before slowly curving northwards onto Scotstown Road. This then meets the current, shorter, route at the junction noted above, which had been realigned at least a decade earlier to give priority to the current route of B997.
An official document from 16-5-1934 details the following changes: Curtailed. The Garthy-Corsehill section of this route to be renumbered as B977