A259 road

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West end: Emsworth, Hampshire
Major
junctions:
M20 motorway
A20 road
A21 road
A22 road
A23 road
A24 road
A26 road
A27 road
A29 road
A261 road
A268 road
A269 road
A280 road
A283 road
A284 road
A289 road
A2010 road
A2021 road
A2023 road
A2025 road
A2032 road
A2033 road
A2036 road
A2070 road
A2101 road
A2102 road
A2270 road
A2290 road
East end: Folkestone
Counties: Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent
Major cities: Bexhill-on-Sea
Brighton
Bognor Regis
Chichester
Eastbourne
Folkestone
Hastings
Worthing
Rye
Shoreham-by-Sea

The A259 is a major road in England, running along the south coast, with part of the A259 running almost parallel to the A27 road. The A259 runs east from Emsworth in Hampshire, into West Sussex via Chichester, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton, Ferring, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade And East Sussex via Brighton, Hove, Peacehaven, Newhaven, Seaford, Eastbourne, Pevensey, Bexhill, Hastings and Rye. Over the border in Kent, it continues through New Romney and Hythe to terminate at Folkestone.

A view along the A259 just outside Brookland
A view along the A259 just outside Brookland

Between Pevensey and Brenzett (where the A259 meets the A2070), the A259 becomes a section of the South Coast Trunk Road. Unusually for a trunk road, the A259 is almost entirely single-carriageway, with only a 1 km stretch of urban dual carriageway in Bexhill. Bypasses have been proposed for virtually all of the settlements on the trunk and former trunk sections, but all have been shelved.

Part of the road in Hastings forms part of the Ring road.

Of note is that the road passes through the town of Winchelsea, England's first new town.

The section between Brenzett and Folkestone was de-trunked in 2003 (i.e. removed trunk road status), and thus reverted to the control of Kent County Council. The A2070 now takes over the South Coast Trunk Road for its final section to the M20 motorway from Brenzett to Hamstreet and Ashford, Kent.

Contents

[edit] Landmarks on the route

[edit] Current Improvement


[edit] Proposed Improvements

A view along the A259 Urban Dual Carriageway section at Eastbourne
A view along the A259 Urban Dual Carriageway section at Eastbourne

[edit] Bexhill to Hastings link road

The Bexhill to Hastings link road will form a 5km long dual carriageway from its junction with the A259 in Bexhill to a junction with the B2092 Queensway in Hastings.[1] which would "damage the beautiful and tranquil Combe Haven Valley and lead to infill development"[2] Another plan was to completely bypass Hastings but that plan was put off.


[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bexhill to Hastings link road. East Sussex County Council. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  2. ^ Roads - proposals. Campaign for Better Transport. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.