Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route

rdf:langString Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route

rdf:langString Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route

rdf:langString City of Aberdeen Bypass

rdf:langString Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route

rdf:langString Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

rdf:langString City of Aberdeen Bypass

rdf:langString SCT

rdf:langString Dundee, Forfar, Stonehaven, Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh

rdf:langString South

rdf:langString North

rdf:langString Completed: 2019

rdf:langString Opened: 2018

rdf:langString Aberdeen Roads Limited

rdf:langString north of Stonehaven

rdf:langString at Blackdog

rdf:langString A

rdf:langString The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), unofficially also the City of Aberdeen Bypass, is a major road that wraps around the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The road stretches north from Stonehaven through Kincardineshire and crosses both the River Dee and River Don before terminating at Blackdog. The main stretch of the AWPR is 22 miles (35 km) in length. The AWPR also includes the 4-mile (6.4 km) A956 spur that links the bypass to the A92. The construction of the AWPR was coupled with extensive upgrades to the A90 continuing north with the 9-mile (14 km) Balmedie to Tipperty dual carriageway, supplanting the existing road which was subsequently detrunked and is now the B977. The AWPR's primary route is designated as part of the A90, with the original A90 now renamed the A92, which now connects with the AWPR at both of its ends. The road is predominantly rural, crossing mainly through farmland and forest while skimming past built-up areas. The AWPR is legally classed as a special road by the Scottish Government. This means that the bypass is governed under motorway restrictions. The road itself is near-motorway grade with all junctions being grade-separated with adjoining slip roads (the only exception being the Cleanhill roundabout), a full-length continuous concrete step barrier, large road signage, legal prohibition of stopping and reversing alongside restriction to Class I and II vehicles, barring non-motorway traffic from using the bypass altogether. The road however lacks hard shoulders and instead includes emergency laybys while its statutory instrument prevents it from being a motorway. Despite this, the AWPR is not a standard primary A-road and is viewed as being a motorway in all but name. It is one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland. The Balmedie to Tipperty road is not part of the bypass despite being built in conjunction with it and therefore not bound by the AWPR's statutory instrument, making it an ordinary dual carriageway. First announced in January 2003, the road was approved by Scottish Ministers in late 2009 with the original costs estimated at between £295 million and £395 million. Construction on the AWPR began on 19 February 2015. The final section opened exactly four years later on 19 February 2019.

rdf:langString AWPR Northern Leg, approaching the A96 junction at Craibstone