A28 road
| A28 road in the UK | |
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| Start of the street: | Margate |
| End of street: | Hastings |
| Overall length: | 93.8 km (58.3 mi ) |
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| A28 near Rolvenden (photo 2004) | |
The A28 road ( English for ' A28 road ') is a primary route designated trunk road in the south-east of England .
It runs from the seaside resort of Margate in Kent to Hastings in East Sussex . The main locations along the route are Ramsgate , Canterbury and Ashford .
From Margate the A28 leads via Westgate-on-Sea , Birchington-on-Sea , Sarre , Upstreet , Hersden , Sturry to Canterbury, where it forms part of the bypass, and then via Wincheap to Thanington Without . There are plans to connect them north to the A2.
The A28 then crosses the North Downs and connects Chartham , Chilham , Godmersham and Bilting . After Kennington , a suburb of Ashford, it bypasses the center of that town. Here it is expanded to four lanes. Past Great Chart , the A28 winds around Weald and reaches Bethersden , High Halden , and Tenterden .
The trunk road continues via Rolvenden to Newenden . A narrow bridge leads over the river Rother . In Northiam the county of East Sussex is reached; now the road becomes very winding. After the village of Brede , it leads steeply down to a bridge over the river of the same name. The next place is Westfield , shortly after the following climb it ends at the junction with the A21 north of Hastings .