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A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvement (part of the A249 Stockbury (M2) to Sheerness DBFO)
A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvement (part of the A249 Stockbury (M2) to Sheerness DBFO)
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- Completed
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- Area 4
- Scheme type
- Programme of Major Schemes
The Project
This scheme is now complete. The A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvement was the last of four schemes to improve the A249 between the M2 and the port of Sheerness. The improvement provides a dual carriageway road 5km long between the end of the Iwade Bypass and Queenborough and includes a new high level crossing of The Swale.
Kingsferry Interchange Explained
Completion of the construction means that there are now two routes on and off the Isle of Sheppey, via the Sheppey Crossing and dual carriageway or via the existing Kingsferry Bridge and local road.
Traffic between mainland Kent and the Isle of Sheppey can travel along the dual carriageway Iwade Bypass straight over the new crossing and onto the Island. Access to the east and west sides of the Island is possible from the new Cowstead Roundabout approximately 1½ miles north of the new crossing.
The Kingsferry Bridge has been retained for local traffic and provides an alternative route to the new crossing on and off the Isle of Sheppey. Travelling onto the Island, a dedicated slip road leads off the dual carriageway to the Kingsferry Roundabout and along the existing single carriageway road over the Kingsferry Bridge onto Sheppey Way to the Cowstead Corner Roundabout. Leaving the Island, a dedicated slip road leads south from the Kingsferry Roundabout, under the new crossing before merging with the southbound dual carriageway of the Iwade Bypass.
A dedicated footpath and cycleway on this local route is available for pedestrians and cyclists who, for safety reasons, are not permitted to use the new high-level crossing.
