The A95 road is a major road of north-east
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
connecting the
A9 road in the Highlands to the
A98 road near the coast.
Route
It leaves the A9 four miles north of
Aviemore
Aviemore (; ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and ...
.
It then goes:
*through
Drumullie;
*near to
Dulnain Bridge – junction with
A938 road;
*through
Craggan
*near to
Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey () is a town in the Highland Council Area, Counties of Scotland, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorms, Cairngorm mounta ...
– junctions with
A939 road;
*through
Cromdale
Cromdale (, from ''crom'' 'crooked' and ''dal'' 'valley, dale') is a village in Strathspey, in the Highland council area of Scotland, and one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical (later civil) parish of Cromdale, ...
*through
Mains of Dalvey;
*over the
Bridge of Avon;
*through
Aberlour
Aberlour () is a village in Moray, Scotland, south of Elgin, Moray, Elgin on the road to Grantown-on-Spey, Grantown. The Lour Burn (landform), burn is a tributary of the River Spey, and it and the surrounding parish are both named Aberlour, bu ...
;
*through
Craigellachie – junctions with
A941 road;
*through
Maggieknockater,
Mulben,
Tauchers and
Rosarie;
*joins the
A96 road
The A96 is a major road in the north of Scotland.
It runs generally west/north-west from Aberdeen, bypassing Blackburn, Aberdeenshire, Blackburn, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Kintore, Inverurie, Huntly, Scotland, Huntly, Fochabers and Forres, and r ...
west of
Keith leaving it east of that town;
*through
Farmtown,
Drumnagarroch,
Glenbarry,
Gordonstown and
Cornhill
It ends with a junction with the A98 road between
Portsoy
Portsoy () is a small town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historically, Portsoy was in Banffshire until 1975. The original name may come from ''Port Saoithe'', meaning "saithe harbour". Portsoy is located on the Moray Firth coast of northeast Scotl ...
and
Banff.
References
Roads in Scotland
Transport in Aberdeenshire
Transport in Highland (council area)
Transport in Moray
Aviemore
Badenoch and Strathspey
Grantown-on-Spey
Keith, Moray
Aberlour
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