The A970 is a single-carriageway road that runs from south to north of Mainland Shetland,

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. The road also spurs to

Scalloway Scalloway ( non, Skálavágr, "bay with the large house(s)") is the largest settlement on the west coast of the Mainland, the largest island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The village had a population of roughly 900, at the 2011 census. N ...

and

North Roe North Roe is a village, and List of Special Protection Areas in Scotland, protected area at the North Mainland, northern tip in the large Northmavine peninsula of the Mainland, Shetland, Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is a small village, wit ...

. The road crosses the end of a runway at Sumburgh Airport. The road is closed with barriers when flights are taking off or landing.

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