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The A299 was upgraded between 1989 and 1997 to dual carriageway for almost its entire length. 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
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The A299 number was first allocated to a road from Faversham to Herne Bay, via Graveney, Seasalter and Whitstable. Most of the modern route was constructed in the early 1930s as an unemployment relief project. Prior to this, all traffic from the west to the Isle of Thanet had to go via
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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 the
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In 2020, Kent County Council installed mobile CCTV cameras along the A299 in anticipation of HGV backlogs due to Brexit.
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underpass below the Foads Hill road and railway line at Cliffsend. It was opened by
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https://www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/revitalising-ramsgate-01-08-1999/
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The original Thanet Way project, and hence the A299, used to end near
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https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/itran.1998.31196
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Index

Thanet Way
A299 shield
The A299 viaduct near Yorkletts
Faversham
51°17′56″N 0°55′16″E / 51.2988°N 0.9212°E / 51.2988; 0.9212 (A299 road (western end))
M2
A2990
A290
A291
A253
A256
A255
Ramsgate
51°20′03″N 1°23′25″E / 51.3343°N 1.3902°E / 51.3343; 1.3902 (A299 road (eastern end))
United Kingdom
Primary
destinations

Margate
Ramsgate
Roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways
A and B road zones

Kent
Faversham
M2
Ramsgate
Whitstable
Herne Bay
freight
Ramsgate Harbour

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