A90 road (Great Britain)
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| South end: | Edinburgh |
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| North end: | Fraserburgh |
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Perth, Dundee, Forfar, Stonehaven, Aberdeen, Peterhead |
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The A90 road is a major north to south road in eastern Scotland, running from Edinburgh to Dundee near Forfar and Padanaram then Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire.
From Edinburgh, it travels west and over the Forth Road Bridge, before turning into the M90 motorway. At Perth, the M90 again becomes the A90, now running north east to Dundee and through the Kingsway road system. It then passes Forfar, Brechin, Stracathro (the site of an ancient Roman Camp), Stonehaven, Bridge of Muchalls (where the Burn of Muchalls flows under), near Muchalls Castle, near Saint Ternan's Church, Newtonhill, Portlethen, from there through the city of Aberdeen, crossing the Ythan Estuary, on to Peterhead on its way to Fraserburgh. The A952 road serves as a more direct inland bypass to the A90 road in its northerly extent.
The Dundee to Aberdeen stretch of the A90 is notorious for speed cameras. Unusually, the 60 mile trip from Dundee to Aberdeen along the A90 entails over a dozen speed cameras including a majority of fixed Gatso types as well as locations used by mobile camera vans. These cameras can be found on long fast stretches of road, and shortly before dangerous junctions, such as at the Laurencekirk junction where a 50 mph speed limit is in force. This was introduced due to this junction's appalling safety record. A similar speed restriction was imposed at Forfar until two new grade-separated junctions were built, after which the restriction was lifted.
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