B9096
B9096 | ||||
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From: | Alloa (NS885929) | |||
To: | Tullibody (NS851951) | |||
Distance: | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) | |||
Meets: | A907, B908, A907 | |||
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The B9096 runs from Alloa to Tullibody, starting and finishing on the A907, and hardly any slower than the A road, despite being a 30 limit throughout. The road was originally unclassified but had gained its number by 1932.
The route starts at a roundabout on the A907 relief road outside the Town Hall, and heads north west On Mar Road. After crossing the railway, and meeting the end of the B908, it becomes Tullibody Road as it continues through the modern suburbs of Alloa, quickly becoming a good, wide road. As the older stone houses give way to more modern estates, they are set back behind service roads and tree lines parkland. Eventually the route passes the High School and appears to enter the countryside, leaving Alloa behind. In truth, however, Alloa and Tullibody have grown so close over the years that a field or two after leaving Alloa the countryside comes to an end as the road enters Tullibody - the speed limit not changing from 30 in between.
Like Alloa, Tullibody has grown a lot in the last 50 or 60 years, and it is now almost a suburb of the larger town. The road remains a wide avenue, with many of the houses set back behind service roads as it makes its way through the village on Alloa Road and then Stirling Road. Before long, however, it reaches Dumyat and the double roundabout junction on the A907, replacing a T-junction, where the B9096 ends. The relatively recently realigned B9140 reaches the other roundabout, just to the right, having formerly followed Menstrie Road into the centre of Tullibody to meet the B9096.
History
Before the A907 town centre relief road was built, the B9096 started in the town centre itself. The A907 followed Mill Street, so the B9096 ran the full length of Mar Street to meet it, with the B908 starting just a few yards away and heading out of town along the High Street.