
Splayed entrance to the Bellsdyke cycle track.
In April 1939, the Highways Committee of Stirlingshire County Council discussed the widening of the A905 from Grangemouth to Kincardine Bridge Road, including cycle tracks and a footway. The understanding was that another carriageway would be added later.
“The County Road Surveyor was instructed,” reveals minutes, “to prepare plans for the layout for submission at next meeting.”
In the meantime, the minutes continued, “he was instructed to proceed with the construction of dual carriageways between Kincardine Bridge Road and Bellsdyke Road.”

Bellsdyke cycle track on Google Earth’s 1945 aerial layer.
This dual carriageway was not built, but the cycle tracks and footways were installed, some time after 1939. The council was given a 75 percent grant to widen the road and install the cycle tracks and footways. The cycle tracks are still in good condition, but the footways have been mostly lost.
Google Earth’s 1945 aerial layer shows at least one cycle track was in situ by the end of WWII.