A950 road
{{Short description|Road in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox road
| country = GBR
| type = A
| route = 950
| image = A950 eastbound - geograph.org.uk - 773416.jpg
| map =
| map_custom =
| length_mi = 19.2
| direction_a = Northeast
| direction_b = Southwest
| terminus_a = {{jct|country=GBR|A|98|name1=}}
| terminus_b = {{jct|country=GBR|A|982|name1=South Road/King Street}}
| destinations = New Pitsligo
Old Deer
Mintlaw
Longside
Peterhead
| e-road =
| junction = {{jct|country=GBR|A|981|name1=}}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|952|name1=North Street/South Street}}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|90|name1=}}
| photo_notes = Looking southeast along the A950 between Whitehill and Old Deer
}}
The A950 is a road in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/map/2020/11/local-authority-maps-of-scotland/documents/aberdeenshire-council-area-map/aberdeenshire-council-area-map/govscot%3Adocument/Aberdeenshire.pdf Aberdeenshire Council Area] – Scottish Government official website It runs for {{Convert|19.2|mi}}, and was first classified in 1922.
Route
The road begins as an eastbound junction of the A98, just northwest of New Pitsligo. It continues southeast, passing through Craigculter and Whitehill. The A981 crosses it as an offset junction northeast of Brucklay. Approaching Old Deer, the road turns east, passing south of Pitfour Lake. It continues east through Mintlaw, as Main Street, where it crosses the A952 (as North and South Streets, respectively). On the eastern side of Longside, where the road is named Longside Road, it turns southeast again, a direction it maintains through Flushing,{{Cite web |date=2022-10-18 |title=A950 road to close for essential carriageway works |url=https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/a950-road-to-close-for-essential-carriageway-works-290829/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Grampian Online |language=en}} before turning east as it passes through Thunderton and Blackhills.
Southeast of Inverugie, the road crosses the A90, near the Howe o' Buchan, via a roundabout. Two more roundabouts (Waterside Road and Windmill Road/Meethill Road) follow in quick succession as it enters Peterhead as West Road.[https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/freightmapaberdeenshirelarge.pdf Freight map AB-Shire] – Aberdeenshire Council
The road terminates at another roundabout, this one shared with King Street and South Street (as the A982) and Kirk Street. It formerly terminated around {{Convert|850|m}} further east, travelling along King Street, Errol Street, Marischal Street (now pedestrianised) and Broad Street, before reaching Peterhead harbour at Seagate and Union Street.
References
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External links
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- [https://peterhead.live/notice-category/a950/ A950] – Peterhead Live
{{UK primary routes 9}}
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Category:Transport in Aberdeenshire