A85 road

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UK road A85.svg
A85
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The A85 following Loch Earn near St Fillans
Major junctions
West end Oban ( NM858298 )
Major intersectionsUK road A816.svg A816 ( NM858298 )
UK road A828.svg A828 ( NM908342 )
UK road A819.svg A819 ( NN142277 )
UK road A82.svg A82 ( NN325307 )
UK road A82.svg A82 ( NN384253 )
UK road A827.svg A827 ( NN547301 )
UK road A84.svg A84 ( NN588238 )
UK road A822.svg A822 ( NN861218 )
UK road A822.svg A822 ( NN885235 )
UK road A9.svg A9 ( NO085248 )
UK road A912.svg A912 ( NO110244 )
UK-Motorway-M90.svg M90 ( NO133222 )
UK road A90.svg A90 ( NO133222 )
East end Dundee
Location
Country United Kingdom
Primary
destinations
Oban, Crianlarich, Lochearnhead, Perth
Road network
UK road A84.svg A84 UK road A86.svg A86

The A85 is a major road in Scotland. It runs east from Oban along the south bank of Loch Etive, through Lochawe and Tyndrum, Crianlarich, Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Crieff before passing through Perth, where it crosses the River Tay via Perth Bridge to Bridgend. Its name between Crieff and Perth is the Crieff Road. It then multiplexes with the A90 to the Swallow Roundabout before diverging to follow the Invergowrie Bypass, Riverside Avenue and Riverside Drive before terminating in Dundee city centre.

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The A90 road from Perth to Dundee was previously numbered A85; [1] on opening of an upgraded A94 to Aberdeen the A90 number was continued across the Friarton Bridge (previously M85) and on to the A85 route, then from Swallow Roundabout to Aberdeen. The Perth-Dundee stretch was formerly part of the Euroroute system, of route E120 which ran in a circular route between Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth. [2]

Between Tyndrum and Crianlarich the road multiplexes with the A82, where it merges with the main north–south road. Parts follow an old military road.

Some statistics seem to show that the stretch of the A85 between Oban and Tyndrum is among the ten most dangerous roads in Scotland. [3]

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References

  1. Giles, Graeme (18 January 1994). "End of the road for the M85 motorway". Perthshire Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. OS Metric Landranger 1970 and 2010 editions.
  3. "SCOTLAND | Danger road report 'misleading'". BBC News. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2012.