A970 road

{{Short description|Road in Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox road

|country=SCT

|image=A970 approaching North Roe (geograph 5857611).jpg

|type=A

|route=970

|header_type=minor

|length_mi=

|direction_a= North

|terminus_a = North Roe

|direction_b= South

|terminus_b = Sumburgh

|junction =

|destinations= Lerwick, Scalloway, Hillswick

}}

The A970 is a single-carriageway road that runs from south to north of Mainland Shetland, Scotland.{{Cite web|title = View: Sheet 2, Shetland Islands (North Mainland) – Ordnance Survey One-inch to the mile maps of Great Britain, Seventh Series, 1952-1961|url = http://maps.nls.uk/view/91549018|website = National Library of Scotland|access-date = 2016-01-23|publisher = National Library of Scotland|last = Ordnance Survey}}{{Cite web|title = View: Sheet 4, Shetland Islands ( South Mainland) – Ordnance Survey One-inch to the mile maps of Great Britain, Seventh Series, 1952-1961|url = http://maps.nls.uk/view/91549024|website = National Library of Scotland|access-date = 2016-01-23|publisher = National Library of Scotland|last = Ordnance Survey}}{{Cite web|title = View: Sheet 1, Shetland Islands (Yell & Unst) – Ordnance Survey One-inch to the mile maps of Great Britain, Seventh Series, 1952-1961|url = http://maps.nls.uk/view/91549015|website = National Library of Scotland|access-date = 2016-01-23|publisher = National Library of Scotland|last = Ordnance Survey}} The road also spurs to Scalloway and North Roe.{{Cite map|title=Shetland – Mainland North West|year=2007|publisher=Ordnance Survey|publication-place=Southampton|section=South Sheet|scale=1:25000|edition=A1|isbn=9780319240052|oclc=1043106388|id=Explorer Map 469}}

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The road crosses the end of a runway at Sumburgh Airport. The road is closed with barriers when flights are taking off or landing.