The A96 Fochabers and Mosstodloch bypass project was completed 31 January, 2012. These images show the construction progress.
December 2011
The new Rothes Road
The new Spey Bay Road Link,
adjacent to Gordon Castle Estate
Construction of Fochabers Bypass
on approach to new Spey Bay roundabout
New Gordon Castle Farm access road
Work nearing completion on A96
approach to Fochabers East roundabout
November 2011
New Fochabers Bypass
and Spey Bay Roundabout
Works progressing at Cowfords Roundabout
west of Mosstodloch
New Coul Brae roundabout
opposite Baxters
Trench excavation works
for new drainage
New A96 passing Inchberry
opposite Baxters
Construction of new A96 tie-in at Dramlachs
temporary road layout being used
September 2011
Mosstodloch Bypass heading east from
the new Cowfords Roundabout
The new road bypassing Mosstodloch
through Balnacoul Wood, and over the
new Rothes Road underpass
The new Coul Brae Roundabout East of
Mosstodloch (opposite Baxters)
Construction of the Gordon Castle
Estate Bridge over the route of the new
A96
The new A96 progresses at Dramlachs,
near Christies
Construction works at the new
Fochabers East Roundabout
August 2011
Works for the Fochabers Bypass
continue through the Gordon
Castle Estate
Westerly view along the Fochabers
Bypass, over the Gordon Castle Farm
Access Road Bridge, towards the Spey
The new Coul Brae Roundabout
linking the realigned Rothes
Road with the A96, east of
Mosstodloch (adjacent to Baxters)
The new Fochabers bypass and the
realigned Gordon Castle
Farm Access Road
under construction
The bypass crosses the new Rothes
Road Pedestrian Underpass and
stretches eastward towards Baxters
and the River Spey
The new Spey Bay Roundabout linking
to Fochabers and Spey Bay Road;
with new environmental drainage
ponds under construction alongside
May 2011
Road construction west of the new
Cowford roundabout continues
The new Rothes Road heads towards
Baxters
Drainage and earthworks for the new
road across from Baxters
A view of the works at the A98 above
Christies, the location of the new
Fochabers East Roundabout
New Cowfords Roundabout, to west of
Mosstodloch, takes shape
The A96 bypass, south of Mosstodloch,
and the Rothes Road, meeting at the
new Could Brae Roundabout, across
from Baxters (out of picture)
February 2011
Progress continues with the road
construction at the New Cowfords
Roundabout, West of Mosstodloch
Lots of activity ongoing at the
construction of the new Gordon Castle
Farm Access Road Bridge
View towards Mosstodloch from the
new Bypass at Cowfords
Roundabout
Construction works at the New Coul Brae
roundabout, opposite
Baxters
Road construction at the Bypass through
the Gordon Castle Estate, north of
Fochabers
Setting out the new road construction
at the east of Castle Gordon
estate
View of the road embankment
construction at the east of Gordon
Castle estate, looking west
Forming the new bypass above
Christies, towards the tie-in with the
existing A96 at Dramlachs
December 2010
New Spey Bay roundabout takes shape
(East of River Spey)
November 2010
The new bypass works progress at the
west of the Gordon Castle Estate from
the new Spey Bay roundabout into the
Estate
The Gordon Castle Main Driveway
Bridge: South Abutment (end support)
under construction
Road and drainage works continue on
the A98 to provide the approach to the
new Fochabers East Roundabout that
will form part of the bypass
The new A96 mainline road construction
progressing on the bypass south of
Mosstodloch (photo is between Rothes
Road and Coul Brae)
View of road construction on new bypass
to south and west of Mosstodloch
Concrete bridge beams in place and deck
construction continuing on the Gordon
Castle Estate Main Driveway Bridge
October 2010
View of existing A96 at location of new
Inchberry Underpass, opposite Baxter's
Construction of new culverts and
channel for a watercourse under the
bypass
Excavation for the new bypass road
through Dramlachs Wood, above
Christies Garden Centre
Construction of the concrete base slab
for the new Dramlachs underpass
Aerial view of the new bypass
construction at the eastern side of
Gordon Castle Estate, where it crosses
the existing A98
May 2010
Coul brae cut
Rothes Rd re-alignment embankment
fill
Culvert 1 backfill
Blackburn Culvert concrete pour invert
