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Encyclopedia > A21 road

The A21 is a major road in England running from Lewisham in southeast London to Hastings, East Sussex.


From Lewisham, it runs south east through Bromley and bypasses Orpington. Entering Kent near its junction with the M25 motorway, the road becomes a dual carriageway and continues past Sevenoaks and Tonbridge. South of Tonbridge, it becomes a single carriageway for two miles until the three-mile long Pembury bypass near Tunbridge Wells.


From the southern end of the Pembury bypass, the A21 is mainly single carriageway. A bypass of Lamberhurst will be opened in 2005 and the road already bypasses its original route through Robertsbridge. The road then continues southwards, passing to the east of its original route through Battle, before terminating in Hastings.


External links

  • UK Roads Portal A21 information (http://www.uk-roads.co.uk/f99/21.html)



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Dotrplyjm (1340 words)
Mr Mainhood suggests that the improvement to the section of the A21 could be achieved by using the existing A21 for one 2 lane carriageway and constructing a new 2 lane carriageway for the other direction.
Whilst this may be the case theoretically, traffic delays on trunk roads are environmentally damaging and cause diversions to less suitable roads as well as being harmful to the economy.
Clearly, a 6 or 9 lane road would indeed be 'oversized', and this is indicated economically (as well as by common sense) in a reduced NPV compared with the Published Scheme.
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