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A499 road

A road in Wales, UK

A499
The A499 at Bethesda Bach
Route information
Length	23.4 mi (37.7 km)
Major junctions
North end	A487
Major intersections	A497
South end	Abersoch

Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	Wales

Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A499 road is the major road of the Llŷn peninsula in North Wales.

Its northern terminus is a roundabout with the A487 trunk road between Llanwnda and Llandwrog (53°05′41″N 4°16′57″W / 53.0948°N 4.2824°W / 53.0948; -4.2824 (A499 road (northern end))). It then runs south-westerly along the northern coast of the peninsula, through Clynnog Fawr then turns inland crossing the peninsula to meet the southern coast at Pwllheli, it then follows that southern coast to terminate at Abersoch (52°49′22″N 4°30′19″W / 52.8227°N 4.5054°W / 52.8227; -4.5054 (A499 road (southern end))).

The total length is 23.4 miles. At no point is it a trunk road, although the Welsh Assembly has considered upgrading its status.^[1]^[2]

Improvements

Work started in February 2008 to upgrade the road between Aberdesach and Llanaelhaearn and also bypass Clynnog Fawr. This work is expected to complete in Summer 2009.^[3] Previous work in 2006/2007 had cleared the new route of trees and erected boundary fencing.

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^ Gwynedd Council response to the Welsh Assembly Government Archived 23 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Welsh Assembly Government: Long-term review of strategic road network^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Gwynedd Council Press Release Nov 2007 Archived 26 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine