B9072
| B9072 | ||||
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| From: | Commercial Street (HU476416) | |||
| To: | King Harald Street (HU472415) | |||
| Via: | Harbour Street | |||
| Distance: | 0.2 miles (0.3 km) | |||
| Meets: | A969, unclassified | |||
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The B9072 is a very short route in the middle of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands. It runs along the steep Harbour Street, using a short section of Commercial Street to connect with the A969 at the eastern end and terminating on the unclassified King Harald Street (formerly the A970) at the western end. This route no longer seems to serve a purpose as a classified route, but presumably once formed an important link.
The road originally connected the A969 and A968 (later renumbered A970). Some time after 1986 the road layout in Lerwick was improved and the A-road at the western end was rerouted; however, this end of the B9072 remained in the same place, despite some maps suggesting that King Harald Street also now forms part of the B9072, but the council list it as the C104.