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{{Short description|Road in southeast England}}
{{Original research|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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Beyond the Ring Road is ''East Hill'', still part of Watling Street. At its top the road becomes The Brent: a junction here takes traffic south-east on the [[A296 road]] to connect with the [[Dartford Crossing]]. The Brent crosses a bridge over the [[A282 road]] here. This is the only part of the [[M25 motorway|M25]] which not a motorway, where it crosses the [[River Thames]] by tunnel and bridge.
From here the road follows a somewhat undulating course as it passes through areas of [[chalk]] which have been excavated for the cement industry, many of which factories having been closed down. The villages of [[Stone, Kent|Stone]], [[Greenhithe, Kent|Greenhithe]] and [[Swanscombe]] all lie along this stretch of the road.
Due to the construction of [[Ebbsfleet International Station]] in 2006/2007, the route was altered. The road now heads right (via ''Thames Way'') under the [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] and then left, past the International station (and its many car parks) and Sawyer's Lake. This new route is also used by [[Fastrack (bus)|Fastrack]] Buses Route B (between Dartford and Gravesend).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.go-fastrack.co.uk/downloads/doc_download/49-fastrack-b-timetable-from-4-december-2011.html |title=Fastrack B Timetable from 4th December 2011 |date=4 December 2011 |publisher=go-fastrack.co.uk |accessdate=25 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030411/http://www.go-fastrack.co.uk/downloads/doc_download/49-fastrack-b-timetable-from-4-december-2011.html |archivedate=3 December 2013 }}</ref> The A226 then passes [[Northfleet Urban Country Park]] (on a former waste dump) before following partially, a [[Gravesend West Line|dismantled railway]] route to [[Northfleet]].<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/r/rosherville_halt/index.shtml |title =Station Name:Rosherville Halt |date=October 2007 |publisher=subbrit.org.uk|accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref>
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Then [[Gravesend]] is reached.
As with Dartford, Gravesend has a ring road: this takes traffic around the town centre via Bath Street, West Street, Harmer Street, Milton Road, Parrock Street (where there is junction with the [[A227 road]]), Windmill Street, Stone Street, Rathmore Road and Pelham Road. The A226 continues along Milton Road and east to the Lion Roundabout. It by-passes south of the village of [[Chalk, Kent|Chalk]] via the 1930s "[[Arterial road]]". This section of the A226 also follows the 1711 [[Toll road|turnpike road]] between Gravesend and Rochester. The next village, lying mainly to the north of the road, is [[Higham, Kent|Higham]]; immediately following that is the junction with the dual-
The final section of the road crosses the [[B2018 road|B2018]] and then drops down to the [[River Medway|Medway valley]] until the junction with the A2 (Watling Street) in [[Strood]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Bexley]]
[[Category:Roads in Kent]]
[[Category:Gravesham]]
[[Category:Transport in Medway]]
[[Category:Start-Class UK road transport articles]]
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