The A9 is a major road running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness.

Between Edinburgh and Falkirk the old A9 route has been reclassified into the A803 and the B9080 amongst others ; part of the route between Kirkliston and Maybury no longer exists as the area is now part of Edinburgh Airport.

Between Falkirk and Bridge of Allan, the A9 survives as a more or less parallel road to the M9.

From Falkirk to Bridge of Allan the A9 runs through or near Bannockburn, Plean, Torwood, Larbert and Stirling.

From Scrabster Harbour ( Ordnance Survey ), the A9 runs generally east / southeast through Thurso, and then generally south towards Inverness, Perth and the M9 motorway near Stirling and Falkirk.

" A later, more modern crossing built next to Larbert Bridge carries the main A9 road from Larbert to Falkirk.

** East of the River Thurso the road regains its own identity and is there linked south by the A9 to the A836 itself near Tain, and to Inverness, Perth and Falkirk.

From the A949 the A9 runs ( 1 ) generally north to Thurso and ( 2 ) generally south to Tain, Inverness, Perth, Stirling and Falkirk.

In the north, beyond Inverness, the A9 designation has been transferred in response to construction of new bridges across the Moray Firth ( the Kessock Bridge ), the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth ; and so that the A9 leads not to John o ' Groats but to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso, where a government-supported ferry service takes traffic to and from Stromness in Orkney.

The A9 ends in Thurso, at Scrabster Harbour ().

** In Thurso, west of the River Thurso, the A836 merges into the A9 and is there linked north by the A9 to Scrabster Harbour.

Originally, it retained the Superba's A10 body code whereas A9 was the code used for taxis.

Scotland is similarly divided into zones by the A7, A8 and A9 which radiate out from Edinburgh.

Between Perth and Inverness, the A9 forms part of Euroroute E15.

From Bridge of Allan to Inverness the A9 runs through or near Lecropt, Dunblane, Blackford, Auchterarder, Gleneagles, Broxden Junction, Perth, Birnam, Dunkeld, Pitlochry, Blair Atholl, the Grampian Mountains, Dalwhinnie, Kingussie, Aviemore, Carrbridge and Moy.

From Inverness the A9 runs across, through or near the Moray Firth, the Black Isle, Tore, Muir of Ord, Conon Bridge, the Cromarty Firth, Easter Ross, Dingwall, Evanton, Alness, Invergordon, Nigg Bay, Fearn, Tain, the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland, Dornoch, The Mound, Golspie, Dunrobin Castle, Brora, Helmsdale, Caithness, Berriedale ( and the Berriedale Braes ), Badbea, Dunbeath, Latheron, Mybster,

From the A96 in the Raigmore area of Inverness the A9 has junctions with other classified roads as follows:

* National Library of Scotland: Scottish Screen Archive ( 1982 documentary about the reconstruction of the A9 between Perth and Inverness )

It is the second longest primary A-road in Scotland after the A9, which is the other principal route to Inverness from the south of Scotland.

From Fort William it follows the line of the Great Glen ( through which the Caledonian Canal also runs ) northeast through Fort Augustus and up the western shore of Loch Ness before ending at junctions with the A9 in Inverness ().

More recently, Dingwall suffered widespread flooding during storms in late October 2006, during which the weather cut off much of the Highlands north of Inverness, including the A9 and Far North Line for a significant period of time.

The town, which lies 26 miles north of Perth is bypassed by the main A9 Inverness to Perth road, and has a railway station on the Highland Main Line.

The road terminates at the A9 outside of Inverness.

The road is then dual carriageway until Inverurie, where it becomes single carriageway until just before it meets the A9 in Inverness.

The building of the main A9 North Road and railway line to Inverness encouraged the growth of the village, though the A9 has bypassed it since the 1980s.

This street, which retains much of its Georgian appearance, was part of the main route north to Inverness until Dunkeld was bypassed by the A9 in the 1970s.

In 1991 the firth was bridged, the new Dornoch Bridge providing a shorter route on the A9 road between Inverness and Thurso ; until then traffic had to go by way of Bonar Bridge at the head of the inlet.

The Kessock Bridge ( Gaelic: Drochaid Cheasaig ) carries the A9 trunk road across the Beauly Firth at Inverness.

The bridge carries the A9 trunk road north from Inverness to the Black Isle.

* Inverness and the North A9, Crieff, Crianlarich ( A85 ), Loch Lomond and the West ( A82 )

Like the A9 road north of Inverness, the Far North Line generally follows the line of the east-facing Moray Firth coast.

The development of the world's first practical design for an ICBM, A9 / 10, intended for use in bombing New York and other American cities, was undertaken in Nazi Germany by the team of Wernher von Braun under Projekt Amerika.

The ICBM A9 / A10 rocket initially was intended to be guided by radio, but was changed to be a piloted craft after the failure of Operation Elster.

The second stage of the A9 / A10 rocket was tested a few times in January and February 1945.

The progenitor of the A9 / A10 was the German V-2 rocket, also designed by von Braun and widely used at the end of World War II to bomb British and Belgian cities.

In 1938 the autobahn A9 ( Munich-Berlin ) was built southeast of the town area.

* Zijkanaal B-connected Spaarndam to the North Sea Canal, but was cut off from it by the construction of the A9 motorway in the 1960s.

The final link in the A75 autoroute between Pézenas and the A9 was completed in December 2010 and provides direct links to Clermont-Ferrand and Paris.

The A4b was the prototype for the upper stage of the A9 / A10 rocket.

The highway " A9 " was built under Nazi rule, connecting Berlin and Munich, and running past Kulmbach.

His last military assignment was with the headquarters Air Force, A9, where he was a directorate chief for both the force structures and the analyses and assessments branch.

Helmsdale Castle, the remains of which were demolished in 1970s in order to build the new A9 road bridge, was the location of the murder of the 11th Earl of Sutherland in 1567.

The nearest motorway junction is the A9 road which was opened in 1974 to connect Lausanne with Sion and crosses Chexbres, about 3 km from Epesses.

A9 was created by Amazon. com in 2003 as an independent company aimed at producing technology advances in Search and Advertising.

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk I ( A9 ) was a British cruiser tank of the interwar period.

The A9 weighed 12 tons, was 5. 8 metres long, 2. 65 metres high, 2. 5 metres wide, and had a top speed of 25 mph on road and 15 mph off.

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II ( A10 ), was developed alongside the A9, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type.

The A10 was developed by Sir John Carden of Vickers in 1934 by adaptation of his A9 design.

The A10 specification called for armour of up to 1 inch standard ( the A9 was 14mm ); a speed of 10 mph was acceptable.

The A10 was two tonnes heavier than the A9, but used the same 150 bhp engine, and as a consequence the tank's top speed was cut from 25 mph to 16 mph.