The A912 is a major road in both

Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...

and

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...

, Scotland. It runs from the A9 in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, in the north, to the A92 at Muirhead, in the south. Part of it was formerly part of the A90.

Course

From the Inveralmond Roundabout, the road travels southeasterly, as the Dunkeld Road, towards Perth's city centre. After crossing the roundabout where it meets the A85 Crieff Road, it continues southeasterly, briefly becoming Barrack Street before its junction with Caledonian Road and Atholl Street (the A989, the Perth Inner Ring Road). A short distance later, it turns east onto King's Place, then Marshall Place, before turning south as it passes through the eastern third of the

South Inch South Inch is a large public park in Perth, Scotland. About 31 hectares in size,The South Inch, ...

as the Edinburgh Road. Continuing south, it passes beneath the M90 interchange at Craigend, before crossing the

River Earn , name_etymology = , image = River Earn at Forteviot.jpg , image_size = 250px , image_caption = The River Earn viewed from Forteviot bridge. , map = , map_size = , map_caption ...

Bridge of Earn Bridge of Earn ( gd, Drochaid Èireann) is a small town in Perthshire, Scotland. Often referred to simply as 'The Brig' ( Scots for 'bridge'). The village grew up on the south bank of an important crossing of the River Earn, whose sandstone brid ...

. Turning southeast, it passes beneath the M90 again as it continues towards

Aberargie Aberargie ( gd, Obar Fhargaidh) is a village in the south eastern region of Perth and Kinross. It lies on the western edge of the old Abernethy Parish on the banks of the River Farg, from which it derives its name. Aberargie is around west of A ...

and the junction of the A913. Following the

River Farg The River Farg is a small tributary of the River Earn, located in the lieutenancy area of Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. Course Its source is located in Glen Farg reservoir; it winds round roads and farms, and has been forced in many p ...

in a southerly direction, the road meets the B996 at the

Bein Inn The Bein Inn (commonly known as the Famous Bein Inn) is an historic building in Glenfarg, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. A "noted hostelry," according to the ''Gazetteer for Scotland The ''Gazetteer for Scotland'' is a gazetteer covering the ...

Glenfarg Glenfarg (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Fairg) is a village in the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Until 14 June 1964, the village had a railway station, Glenfarg railway station, on the main line between Perth and Edinburgh via Kinross. Alth ...

. This was the original southern end of the A912, prior to the opening of the M90. Continuing south, passing to the west of

Balvaird Castle Balvaird Castle in Perthshire is a traditional late medieval Scottish tower house. It is located in the Ochil Hills, around south of Abernethy. The name Balvaird is from ''Baile a' Bhàird'', 'Township of the Bard' in Gaelic. Balvaird Castle is ...

and crossing Barroway Burn, it meets the A91 on its northern side. The A912 runs concurrently with the A91 to the northeast for just over two miles, at which point, near

Strathmiglo Strathmiglo ( gd, Srath Mioglach) (Ordnance Survey ) is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland on the River Eden. It lies on the old A91 road from Milnathort to Cupar and St. Andrews but was bypassed by a new road to the north in the 1970s. N ...

, it leaves again on its southern side. After crossing the River Eden, the A912 continues southeast, crossing Arraty Burn before passing through Falkland and onwards to its terminus at the New Inn Roundabout in Muirhead.

References

External links

A912 at roadtrafficstats.uk
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