A86 road

The A86 is a major road in Scotland. It runs from the Great Glen at Spean Bridge to Kingussie and the Cairngorms National Park via Loch Laggan. It is a primary route for its entire length.

The A86 at Loch Laggan

The road was built as a parliamentary road by Thomas Telford in 1817 to link Kingussie to Fort William.[1]

The road has a poor safety record, and has been assessed as medium to high risk of a serious or fatal accident by EuroRAP.[2]

References
  1. "Newtonmore". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. http://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?map_type=risk&country=GB&road=a86 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine eurorap.org

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