The A 82 is a street in Scotland and leads from Glasgow above Fort William at the Loch Ness along after Inverness. It is one of the most popular holiday routes through the Scottish Highlands.
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The A82 goes back in part to old military roads that were laid out in the first half of the eighteenth century in order to be prepared against Jacobite uprisings. Further parts were built in the 1820s under Thomas Telford, now there was a continuous road connection between Glasgow via Fort William to Inverness. This street layout differs significantly from today's street layout. In the 1920s the line was designated as the main thoroughfare and in 1933 the line was built with the current route.
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The A82 starts at the St George's junction as Great Western Road in the west end of Glasgow. After the junction with Hyndland / Cleveden Road, it becomes multi-lane and runs northwest out of the city, past Old Kilpatrik, there branches the A898 from after Alexandria. From there the route becomes two-lane again. Then lead them over Balloch along the west bank of the Loch Lomond to Ardlui. In Tarbet branches the A83 from. From there it runs parallel to West Highland Line. From Ardlui it goes in the direction Crainlarichwhere they then click on the A85 meets and with her until after Tyndrum runs. Then the A82 swings to the northwest on the western edge of the Rannoch Moors and through Glen Coe to the village Glencoe. She then crosses that Loch Leven on the Ballachulish Bridge. From there it goes on in the direction Fort William along the Hole But. In Nether Lochaber there is a ferry connection Corran. From Fort William the road runs in the direction Spean Bridge, in place the line swings at the junction of A86 to the Loch Lochy and Loch Oich. In Invergarry branches the A87 in the direction Dornie from. The A82 continues to the north Fort Augustus and then along the Loch Ness above Drumnadrochit to Inverness. At Drumnadrochit the route runs directly on Urquhart Castle past. In Inverness the road runs on the west bank of the Ness downtown to the Friar Bridge and cross the Ness. Finally it crosses an industrial area and ends at a roundabout with the A9 near the Kessock Bridge.
