A2020 road

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A2020 road
Direction	West - East
Start	Aylesford
End	Bearsted
Roads joined	A26 road A229 road A249 road

The A2020 is a previous road in Kent but has been renumbered to A20 following the construction of the M20 motorway.

Between 1960 and 1961, two sections of (what is now known as) the M20 motorway were built between junctions 5 and 8. This was known as the ‘Maidstone Bypass’ and this was renumbered the A20(M) as it bypassed the stretch of the A20 through Maidstone. The A20 was then renumbered to the A2020, which is where the 20/20 Business Park situated close to junction 5 of the present M20 got it’s name from.

However, during 1971 and later in 1977, the ‘A20(M)’ was extended westwards towards London, and it was renamed the ‘M20’ motorway, resulting with the A2020 reverted back to the A20. Interestingly, the ‘20/20 Business Park’ has kept its name and is still called that today.