Dartford

This article is about Dartford.
For the Dartford Crossing, see Dartford Crossing.
For the tunnel associated with it, see Dartford Tunnel.
For the town's three bypasses, see Dartford Bypasses.

Dartford is a medium sized town near the Thames Estuary. It is best known for its Tunnel and Bridge and it is also where the Rolling Stones were founded. It was also where national newspapers got their paper from until the 1930s.

Its this town where the first renumbering due to a building of a new road after classification happened. It was for the First Dartford Bypass.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
M25	Gatwick Airport, Heathrow Airport, Channel Tunnel
A2	Bexleyheath, London	bypasses town to the South on the Second Dartford Bypass
A2	Canterbury, Medway Towns, M2	bypasses town to the South on the Second Dartford Bypass
A282	The NORTH, Dartford Crossing, Stansted Airport, Tilbury, (M1, M11)	bypasses town to the east.
A206	Crayford, Erith	bypasses town to the North on the Third Dartford Bypass
A206	Greenhithe, Bluewater
A207	Crayford, Bexleyheath
A225	Farmingham	Also for Sevenoaks
A226	Ebbsfleet, Swanscombe, Gravesend
A296	Bluewater, Ebbsfleet, A2	Former A2 & Eastern section of First Dartford Bypass
A2018	Bexley, Sidcup
A2026		Old A206
B258	Swanley
B260	Darenth, Longfield
B2174		Former A2 & Western section of First Dartford Bypass
B2228	Littlebrook Interchange
B2500		on Watling Street
B254		Now mostly unclassified bar a small section of A2026
A210	Bexley, Sidcup	Now A2018

History

Dartford is on Watling Street, it has been bypassed three times (not counting the A282/M25 route that passes close to the east of the town).

First Dartford Bypass

This is B2174 as seen on a overbridge.

see main article:First Dartford Bypass

Built in 1924, bypassing Watling Street, Princes Way (currently B2174, A225 and A226) took the A2 around Dartford.

Second Dartford Bypass

This is the A2 at Leyton Cross just east of the Dartford Heath Interchange.

see main article: Second Dartford Bypass

The Second Dartford Bypass takes the A2 on a motorway-quality alignment further to the south of Dartford than the original A2 bypass.

Third Dartford Bypass

This is River Darent at the 3rd Dartford Bypass overbridge.

see main article: Third Dartford Bypass

The Third Dartford Bypass, Bob Dunn Way, takes the A206 round the north of the town.

Links

• Borough Council
• Wikipedia Page
• Dartford Archive
• Dartford Times site