B9092

The B9092 is a secondary road on the Ardersier Peninsula between Inverness and Nairn. It was originally unclassified but gained its number in 1924/5.

Passing Sunnyhillock

The route starts on the B9039 at the southern end of the former fishing village of Ardersier, and heads northeast along the full length of Nairn Road. At the far end it encounters a staggered junction with the B9006, at the point where the branch railway line from Gollanfield once crossed overhead; the bridge was removed soon after the line was closed. The route doglegs right-left and soon leaves the village behind to wiggle through fields, with farmhouses set in the middle of them. After passing through a series of forestry plantations, the road straightens up and suddenly flies down to the A96 in a near arrow-straight line (just one slight kink!). Halfway along, a substantial crossroads (now gated on the north side) marks the entrance to Ardersier Port, a substantial industrial dock and former oil rig construction yard which has seen long periods of dereliction in its short life but is now being redeveloped.

History

As first classified, the B9092 started on the B9006 to the south of the railway bridge. Nairn Road has been added to the route relatively recently, certainly since the early 1970s. The only other significant changes to the route lie at the eastern end, where the construction of Ardersier Port led to the new crossroads junction and changes to the A96 junction. This was originally a fork, but the B9092 has since been turned to meet at right angles a little further west.