A92 road
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| Length: | 89.1 mi (143.4 km) |
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| South end: |
      ![]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Motorway_Right.svg/5px-Motorway_Right.svg.png "]"){kind=small} M90 motorway Dunfermline
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 A909 road Cowdenbeath A910 road Kirkcaldy A911 road Glenrothes A991 road Dundee
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 A90 road Stonehaven
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Primary destinations: |
Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Tay Bridge, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Stonehaven |
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The A92 is a major road in Fife and Angus, Scotland. It runs from Dunfermline to Stonehaven.
The A92's original route in southern Fife is now classed as the A921, which connected with the M90 junction 1 via Burnistland, Kirkcaldy and linked into the Thornton bypass.
Plans were drawn up during the 1960s for the new East Fife regional road which would have entailed a new dual carriageway road starting at the M90 Masterton (Junction 2), which would have mirrored what is now the A921 and B9157 to Mossgreen area, before heading North eastward to Chapel Level connecting up with the Thornton By pass. The plans were held back until the early 1970s, but were held back further due to the Oil crisis. During the 1970s the Scottish Development Department commissioned a new traffic study which concluded that the A92 should follow the more northern route to provide a better link for Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly before connecting directly onto the Thornton Bypass, which was completed by early 1983.
The new section between Crossgates and Glenrothes began construction in 1980, being built in four phrase:
In early April 1998 the A92 was extended beyond the Crossgates junction to provide direct access with the M90 southbound, due to congestion around the Halbeath interchange. The new section was built three months ahead of schedule costing £8.4m.
Up until the late 1990s, the A92 continued north from Stonehaven, through Aberdeen and terminated at Fraserburgh. This section has now been renumbered A90 and A952.
The section of the A92 between Dundee and Aberdeen was formerly part of the Euroroute system, of route E120 which ran in a circular route between Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.
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