The A991 is a major road in
Dundee,
Scotland
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. It forms the Inner
Ringroad that circles the perimeter of Dundee's
city centre.
Route
The A991 previously formed a complete dual-carriageway circle of the city centre. However, the southern section of the ringroad, where it is named South Marketgait, has undergone major reconstruction as part of the city's waterfront redevelopment scheme. Previously, the A991 met the
A85 at the Riverside roundabout, beside Dundee Railway Station; and just to the east, the
A92 at a grade-separated junction at the northern terminus of the
Tay Road Bridge
The Tay Road Bridge ( gd, Drochaid-rathaid na Tatha) carries the A92 road across the Firth of Tay from Newport-on-Tay in Fife to Dundee in Scotland, just downstream of the Tay Rail Bridge. At around , it is one of the longest road bridges in E ...
. As of 2015, this has been replaced by a grid scheme of streets, with the east and westbound carriageways of the A991 now separate streets. Major realignment has also taken place of the on- and off-ramps of the Tay Bridge. Travelling west on the A991 from East Dock Street to West Marketgait now requires driving three sides of a rectangle, passing below the northmost span of the Tay Road Bridge.
The rest of the A991 is still dual-carriageway. Travelling clockwise from the railway station, the A991 is known as West Marketgait between there and the West Port Roundabout. Past the West Port Roundabout, in the section known as Marketgait, the road goes North to the Dudhope Roundabout, the southeast terminus of the
A923, then east to the Ladywell Roundabout after which it goes through a tunnel under the
A929 (Victoria Road) and curves southeast to the East Port Roundabout. South from here, East Marketgait meets South Marketgait at the signal-controlled East Dock Street junction. The A991 then multiplexes with the
A92 back to the Tay Road Bridge northern terminus.
Main Junctions
*
A85 Riverside Drive, which leads to the westbound
A90 at the Swallow Roundabout.
* Dudhope Roundabout – links the
A923 Dunkeld
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road, which passes through
Lochee
Lochee () is an area in the west of Dundee, Scotland. Until the 19th century, it was a separate town, but was eventually surrounded by the expanding Dundee. It is notable for being home to Camperdown Works, which was the largest jute production ...
,
Birkhill
Birkhill and neighbouring Muirhead are two small villages in Angus, just to the west of Dundee, Scotland.
Community features
Features of Muirhead and Birkhill include:
*A branch of the Co-op
*A small hill known to locals as The Roundie
*Birkhil ...
,
Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus (; Gaelic: ''Cùbar Aonghais'') is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, south of Blairgowrie.
The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and P ...
and
Blairgowrie.
* Ladywell Roundabout – links the
A929, which leads to the north-going
A90 Aberdeen
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and
Fraserburgh
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road. The A90 from Dundee to Forfar was formerly numbered as the A929.
* East Dock Street junction – links the eastbound
A92 coastal road.
* Tay Road Bridge – the southbound
A92 towards
Fife.
References
Roads in Scotland
Transport in Dundee
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