A85 road
- A85 road
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road= A85
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direction= West to east
start=Oban (gbmappingsmall|NM858298)
destinations=Crianlarich
end= Perth
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ukroadsmall|828 (gbmappingsmall|NM908342)
ukroadsmall|819 (gbmappingsmall|NN142277)
ukroadsmall|82 (gbmappingsmall|NN325307)
ukroadsmall|82 (gbmappingsmall|NN384253)
ukroadsmall|827 (gbmappingsmall|NN547301)
ukroadsmall|84 (gbmappingsmall|NN588238)
ukroadsmall|822 (gbmappingsmall|NN861218)
ukroadsmall|822 (gbmappingsmall|NN885235)
ukroadsmall|9 (gbmappingsmall|NO085248)
ukroadsmall|912 (gbmappingsmall|NO110244)
ukmotorwaysmall|90 (gbmappingsmall|NO133222)
ukroadsmall|90 (gbmappingsmall|NO133222)The A85 is a majorroad inScotland . It runs east fromOban along the south bank ofLoch Etive , throughLochawe andTyndrum ,Crianlarich ,Lochearnhead ,St Fillans andCrieff before terminating at Perth, where it crosses theRiver Tay viaPerth Bridge . Its name between the latter two locations is the Crieff Road. The A85 also crosses theRiver Tay in Perth by way of Smeaton's Bridge.The
A90 road from Perth toDundee was previously a continuation of the A85, which now reemerges nearly 20 miles east to run through the city of Dundee. This Perth-Dundee stretch was formerly part of the Euroroute system, of route E120 which ran in a circular route betweenInverness ,Aberdeen , Dundee and Perth.Between
Tyndrum andCrianlarich the road becomes the A82, where it merges with the main north-south road.Some [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1824466.stm statistics] seem to show that the stretch of the A85 between Oban and Tyndrum is among the ten most dangerous roads in Scotland.
Scotland Transerve ,who maintain the road, have now given solid commitment to improving safety on a stretch of the A85 west ofMethven where 5 people, 3 from the same family, lost their lives in a horror crash in early 2007.
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