- A299 road
UK road routebox
road= A299
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direction= East - West
start= NearFaversham
destinations=Margate
end=Ramsgate
construction-date= 1930s
completion-date= 2000s
junctions= ukmotorwaysmall|2
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ukroadsmall|2990The A299, better known as the Thanet Way, is a major road in the county of
Kent inEngland , and runs from Brenley Corner nearFaversham (where it merges into the M2) toRamsgate viaWhitstable and Herne Bay. It is principally used forferry traffic toRamsgate , and other traffic to the Isle OfThanet .Most of the road was originally constructed in the 1930s as an unemployment relief project. Prior to this, all traffic to the Isle of Thanet had to go via
Canterbury .The A299 was upgraded in the 1990s to dual carriageway for almost its entire length. Whitstable and Herne Bay were bypassed, with the old road becoming the A2990, and the A299 to the west of Whitstable and east of Herne Bay were upgraded via an online upgrade.
The A299 used to end near Sarre, on the A253 which continued into Ramsgate. Now this road is part of the A299, meaning it can go all the way to Ramsgate Harbour, passing
Kent International Airport on the way.Junctions
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Great Britain road numbering system External links
* [http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/roadlists/r10/notes.php?number=A299 Society of British Road Enthusiasts - A299 on Roads By 10]
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