Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
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Pennant
Hills Road, Marsden Road, Stewart Street, Kissing Point Road,
Silverwater Road, St Hilliers Road, Rawson Street, Olympic Drive,
Joseph Street, Rookwood Road, Stacey Street, Fairford Road, Davies
Road, Alfords Point Road, New Illawarra Road & Heathcote Road
(Metroad 6) (Decommissioned) |
Statistics:
- Length: 43 km
- Northern Terminus: Hills Motorway (Metroad 2 / M7) and Pennant Hills Road (Metroad 7) interchange at Carlingford.
- Southern Terminus: Corner of Heathcote Road (Metroad 6) and Princes Highway (Metroad 1) at Heatchcote.
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route:
Carlingford, Epping, Eastwood, Dundas Valley, Ermington, Dundas,
Silverwater, Auburn, Lidcombe, Chullora, Bankstown, Greenacre,
Punchbowl, Padstow, Padstow Heights, Alfords Point, Illawong, Menai,
Barden Ridge, Lucas Heights, Engadine and Heathcote.
Route Numbering:
- Formerly:
- Road Authority Internal Classification:
HW13 (Pennant Hills Road), MR158 (Marsden Road to Pennant Hills Road),
MR190 (New Illawarra Road, Old Illawarra Road, Alfords Point Road,
Davies Road, Fairford Road, Fairford Road extension, Stacey Street,
Rookwood Road, Joseph Street, Olympic Drive, Boorea Street, Rawson
Street, St Hilliers Road, and Silverwater Road and its extension to
Kissing Point Road) MR512 (Heathcote Road) and MR574 (Stewart Street
& Marsden Road)
- Decommissioned: 2013
General Information:
Metroad 6 is a collection of local roads that form one large route, which is one of Sydney's major arterial roads.
The
route is mostly suburban arterial standard. At the southern end around
Lucas Heights through to Heathcote, it's mostly 2 to 3 lane single
carrigeway. The rest of the route is mostly 4 to 6 lanes divided,
however some of the route is 4 lane undivided around the northern end
and in the Bankstown area.
History:
- 1940
to 1943: Construction of Heathcote Road (then IlIawarra Road) primarily
for military use. Some minor local roads built before the Heathcote
Road works, were upgraded as part of the project. 1
- 10 November 1962: The
Silverwater Bridge, which is a five span pre-stressed bridge that crosses the Parramatta River, opened.
It was the first concrete box girder bridge built in NSW. 1
- 7
September 1973 : Alfords Point Bridge opened, replacing a vehicular
punt that operated between Lugarno and Illawong. At the time the
existing bridge was built, the piles and abutments for a second bridge
were also constructed. 1
- 1989: To address peak traffic flows, a tidal traffic flow arrangement was
implemented on Alfords Point Road. 1
- 1991: Alfords Point
Road was extended as a four lane road from Brushwood Drive to Old Illawarra Road,
Menai to provide for growth in Menai. 1
- 1997: Davies Road was upgraded from two to
four lanes from Alma Road to Banks Street, Padstow. 1
- June 1999: Opening to traffic of a four-lane link road between Rookwood Road
and Hume Highway at Stacey Street intersection. 1
- 2005: Construction of the Bangor Bypass and of the North/South link between
the intersection of Alfords Point Road and Old Illawarra Road, Menai. 1
- 16
December 2005: Metroad 6 extended from Marsden Road at Carlingford and
replacing Metroad 7 along Pennant Hills Road to the Hills Motorway
interchange. Signage updated on 21 December 2005. 2
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February 2007: Work commenced to duplicate Alfords Point Bridge over
the Georges River between Alfords Point and Padstow Heights. 1
- 22 August 2008: New Alfords Point Bridge temporarily opened to traffic. 2
1 Roads and Traffic Authority
2 Sam Laybutt (Ozroads)
Last updated: 08 Nov 2019 01:09
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