B998
B998 | ||||
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From: | Causewayhead (NS804956) | |||
To: | Airthrey Castle (NS818965) | |||
Distance: | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) | |||
Meets: | A907, A9, A91 | |||
Former Number(s): | A997 | |||
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For the former B998 at Newmachar, Aberdeenshire, see B998 (Aberdeenshire).
The B998 is a very short road climbing out of Stirling, which starts on the A9 / A907 at Causewayhead Roundabout. It then follows a busy route which climbs north on Logie Road, before doubling back onto Hillfoots Road and climbing past the Wallace Monument and Stirling University. Having squeezed around the back of Abbey Craig, it drops down to end on the A91 near Logie Kirk. This junction was rebuilt as a roundabout in the early 2010s.
History
The history of this route is, in some ways, longer than the road itself. Hillfoots Road was originally classified as the A91 in 1922, with the shorter Logie Road being the B907. However, this soon also became part of the A91, although it is unclear which was the mainline and which the spur. The A91 was re-routed after the war, and the old route became the A997. Mapping evidence shows that this occurred in c1950, with the OS Six Inch map from that year showing the A91 reaching Caussewayhead, but renumbered as the A997 on the 1951 edition. The entire route retained the A997 number into the 1970s, but has since been downgraded to its current B road status, with the western end of Hillfoots Road declassified completely, and now one-way up hill.