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 The A85 followingLoch Earn nearSt Fillans | ||||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Oban (NM858298) | |||
| Major intersections |  A816 (NM858298) A828 (NM908342) A819 (NN142277) A82 (NN325307)A82 (NN384253) A827 (NN547301) A84 (NN588238) A822 (NN861218)A822 (NN885235) A9 (NO085248) A912 (NO110244) M90 (NO133222) A90 (NO133222) | |||
| East end | Dundee | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | Oban,Crianlarich,Lochearnhead,Perth | |||
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TheA85 is a majorroad in Scotland. It runs east fromOban along the south bank ofLoch Etive, throughLochawe andTyndrum,Crianlarich,Lochearnhead,St Fillans andCrieff before passing throughPerth, where it crosses theRiver Tay viaPerth Bridge (West Bridge Street) toBridgend. Its name between Crieff and Perth is the Crieff Road. It then runsconcurrently with the A90 to the Swallow Roundabout, before diverging to follow the Invergowrie Bypass, Riverside Avenue and Riverside Drive before terminating inDundee city centre.
TheA90 road from Perth toDundee 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 betweenInverness,Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.[2]
BetweenTyndrum andCrianlarich the road runs concurrently with theA82, where it merges with the main north–south road. Parts follow anold military road. In Oban, it connects with the A816 road.[3]
Some statistics seem to show that the stretch of the A85 between Oban and Tyndrum is among the ten most dangerous roads in Scotland.[4]
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