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| Route information | |
| Length | 22 mi (35 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Brenley Corner (NearFaversham) 51°17′56″N0°55′16″E / 51.2988°N 0.9212°E /51.2988; 0.9212 (A299 road (western end)) |
| Major intersections |  M2A2  A2990 A290 A291A28  A253 A256 A255 |
| East end | Ramsgate 51°20′03″N1°23′25″E / 51.3343°N 1.3902°E /51.3343; 1.3902 (A299 road (eastern end)) |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Primary destinations | Margate,Ramsgate |
| Road network | |
TheA299, better known as theThanet Way, is a major road of 22 miles (35 km) in the county ofKent, England, and runs from Brenley Corner nearFaversham (where it merges into theM2) toRamsgate viaWhitstable andHerne Bay.
The road provides access forfreight traffic toRamsgate Harbour,Manston Airport andThanet Earth, as well as local access toThanet.[1]
The A299 number was first allocated to a road from Faversham to Herne Bay, via Graveney, Seasalter and Whitstable.[2] Most of the modern route was constructed in the early 1930s as an unemployment relief project.[3][4] Prior to this, all traffic from the west to the Isle of Thanet had to go viaCanterbury.[citation needed]
The A299 was upgraded between 1989 and 1997 to dual carriageway for almost its entire length.[5][1] This included bypasses of Whitstable and Herne Bay, with the old road becoming the A2990. The A299 to the west of Whitstable and east of Herne Bay received online upgrades. This work included a twin-cell concrete tunnel below Chestfield golf course.[6]
The original Thanet Way project, and hence the A299, used to end nearMonkton, where the A253 once continued to Ramsgate.[7] This section of road has been renumbered as an extension of the A299 toRamsgate Harbour, including a 1-mile tunnel under thePegwell area constructed in the 1990s.[8][9]
The section from Minster roundabout to theLord of the Manor roundabout was diverted on to a new dual carriageway during 2009–12, constructed as part of "East Kent Access" phase 2 to provide better access to Manston Airport and thePfizer complex atSandwich. This included abox jacked underpass below the Foads Hill road and railway line at Cliffsend. It was opened byNorman Baker on 23 May 2012.[10]
In 2020, Kent County Council installed mobile CCTV cameras along the A299 in anticipation of HGV backlogs due to Brexit.[11]
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