6-470: A256 may refer to: A256 road , a road running through East Kent in England A256 motorway (Netherlands) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
12-826: The Isle of Thanet and Dover . It is operated by Kent County Council as a primary route, and has seen investment in the past to connect traffic to the Port of Ramsgate , and to the Pfizer research centre in Sandwich . The A256 begins on the edge of Broadstairs with the A255. Within Thanet, it runs through the Westwood retail park, Westwood Cross , and Haine Road. It meets the A299 Thanet Way from Faversham at
18-513: The Lord of the Manor junction, where it becomes a major road. From here, it heads south towards the former Richborough Power Station , Sandwich and Dover as a high quality road. A Roman road ran from Dover to Woodnesborough , in roughly the same direction as the modern A256, though on a different route. It is not mentioned in the second century Antonine Itinerary , but this may simply have been as it
24-424: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A256&oldid=932668556 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages A256 road The A256 is a major road running along the east coast of Kent between
30-518: Was not an important route. The basic route of the modern road was recognised as a turnpike by the start of the 19th century. The Sandwich bypass opened in 1981; prior to this, the A256 ran over the Sandwich Toll Bridge and was a major source of local congestion. A further upgrade from Whitfield to Eastry was completed in the 1990s, bypassing those villages and Tilmanstone to the east. The A256
36-406: Was outlined as a strategic corridor by Kent County Council in 1999. At a board meeting the following year, two proposals ("East Kent Access" phases 1 and 2) were announced. The first phase, implemented between 2003 and 2005, contained various junction improvements and upgrading single carriageway sections around Sandwich to dual carriageway. Phase 2 was a major upgrade of the approach to Thanet and
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