A299 Road
The A299, better known as the Thanet Way, is a major road in the county of Kent, England, and runs from Brenley Corner near Faversham (where it merges into the M2) to Ramsgate via Whitstable and Herne Bay. It is predominantly used for freight traffic to Ramsgate Harbour and local traffic to Thanet.
Most of the A299 was constructed in the 1930s as an unemployment relief project. Prior to this, all traffic from the west 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 received an online upgrade.
The A299 used to end near Monkton, where the A253 once continued to Ramsgate. This section of road has become the A299 direct to Ramsgate Harbour, passing Kent International Airport on the way. The section from Minster roundabout to the Lord of the Manor roundabout has been diverted on to a new dual carriageway, constructed as part of East Kent access phase 2.
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