A6 (Sydney)
A6 (numerous constituent roads) | ||
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| Alfords Point Bridge | ||
  North end South end | ||
| Coordinates | ||
| General information | ||
| Type | Road | |
| Length | 40.8 km (25 mi) Gazetted August 1928[2] | |
| Route number(s) |  A6 (2013–present) | |
| Former route number |
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| Major junctions | ||
| North end |  Cumberland HighwayCarlingford, Sydney | |
| South end |  | |
| Highway system | ||
The A6 is a route designation of a major metropolitan arterial route through suburban Sydney, linking Cumberland Highway at Carlingford and Princes Highway at Heathcote, via Lidcombe and Bankstown. This name covers a few consecutive roads and is widely known to most drivers, but the entire allocation is also known – and signposted – by the names of its constituent parts: Marsden Road, Stewart Street, Kissing Point Road, Silverwater Road, St Hilliers Road, Boorea Street, Olympic Drive, Joseph Street, Rookwood Road, Stacey Street, Fairford Road, Davies Road, Alfords Point Road, New Illawarra Road and Heathcote Road.
Route
The A6 commences at the intersection of
History
The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924
The Department of Main Roads constructed a number of defense routes during World War II, including Heathcote Road and a new road (called New Illawarra Road) between Lucas Heights and Heathcote Road, bypassing the causeway crossing of the Woronora River at The Needles; these projects were completed during 1941.
Main Road 532 was declared on 25 June 1947 along Sutherland Street, between its intersection with Great Western Highway at
Spurway Street (part of Main Road 574) was later renamed Stewart Street, and Sutherland Street (Main Road 532) was later renamed Silverwater Road, on the same day, 6 August 1952;[9] Main Road 512 was later renamed Heathcote Road (across its entire length between Liverpool and Heathcote), on 27 July 1955.[10]
The road project to bypass Lidcombe station to the west and connect to Bridge Street was completed in 1955 (with Main Road 190 deviating from John Street along Childs Street and the new Bridge Street alignment under the railway lines on 23 March 1955,
The route underwent further realignments: the Lidcombe bypass, connecting a new alignment from Victoria Street to Olympic Drive where it met at Bridge Street, opened in 1982. The northern end of Main Road 190 was extended northwards (from the intersection with Great Western Highway in Auburn along Silverwater Road via Ermington to the intersection with Kissing Point Road at
The Silverwater Road extension from Ermington to Dundas opened in 1996, allowing through traffic along Stewart Street and Marsden Road to
The passing of the Roads Act of 1993[16] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the A6 retains its declaration as Main Road 190 (from Dundas to Lucas Heights), and part of Main Roads 158 (Marsden Road), 512 (Heathcote Road), and 574 (Stewart Street and Kissing Point Road).[17]
The route was allocated State Route 45 in 1974, from Victoria Road in Ermington to Princes Highway in Heathcote,[18] extended to Carlingford when the Silverwater extension opened in 1996. It was replaced in its entirely by Metroad 6 in January 1999. When Metroad 7 along Cumberland Highway was replaced by Westlink M7 on its opening in December 2005, Metroad 6 was extended northwards along Pennant Hills Road to the interchange with M2 Hills Motorway. Metroad 6 was realigned between Menai and Barden Ridge, from Old Illawarra Road onto New Illawarra Road, completed between 2005-11 as part of the Bangor Bypass project.[19] With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 6 was replaced by route A6, with the previous extension along Pennant Hills Road truncated back to Carlingford.[20]
Future
In 2019, the New South Wales Government announced it would rename the northern extension of the Princes Motorway, between Arncliffe and Kogarah (due to open in 2025) to the "M6 Motorway".[21] No announcement has yet been made on whether the A6 will be renumbered to avoid duplicate numbers.
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parramatta, Pennant Hills, Wahroonga | Northern terminus of route A6 Northern end of Marsden Road | ||||
| Dundas Valley–Eastwood–Ermington tripoint | 2.5 | 1.6 | Marsden Road (south) – Melrose Park Rutledge Street (east) – Eastwood | Southern end of Marsden Road Eastern end of Stewart Street | |
| Dundas Valley–Dundas–Ermington tripoint | 3.3 | 2.1 | Kissing Point Road (south) – Ermington | Western end of Stewart Street Eastern end of Kissing Point Road | |
North Parramatta | Western end of Kissing Point Road Northern end of Silverwater Road | ||||
Rozelle | |||||
| Parramatta River | 6.3 | 3.9 | Silverwater Bridge | ||
Parramatta, Ashfield | |||||
Parramatta, Haymarket | Southern end of Silverwater Road Northern end of St Hilliers Road | ||||
| Cumberland | Auburn | 9.6 | 6.0 | Rawson Street (west) – Auburn St Hilliers Road (south) – Auburn | Southern end of St Hilliers Road Western end of Boorea Street |
Lidcombe | Eastern end of Boorea Street Northern end of Olympic Drive | ||||
| 11.0 | 6.8 | Main Suburban railway line | |||
| Joseph Street (north) – Lidcombe | Southern end of Olympic Drive Northern end of Joseph Street | ||||
| 11.9 | 7.4 | Flemington–Campsie Goods Line | |||
| 13.9 | 8.6 | Lewis Street – Lidcombe | Southern end of Joseph Street Northern end of Rookwood Road | ||
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Yagoona | 15.6 | 9.7 | Rookwood Road (south) – Yagoona | Southern end of Rookwood Road Northern end of Stacey Street |
Bankstown boundary | 16.1 | 10.0 |  Hume Highway (A22) – Prestons, Liverpool, Ashfield | ||
| 17.4 | 10.8 | Bankstown railway line | |||
Bankstown | Southern end of Stacey Street Northern end of Fairford Road | ||||
Bankstown | 19.4 | 12.1 |  Canterbury Road (A34) – Liverpool, Punchbowl, Canterbury | ||
| Padstow | 20.1 | 12.5 |   South Western Motorway (M5) – Prestons, Liverpool, Sydney Airport | ||
| 20.6 | 12.8 | Watson Road – Padstow | Southern end of Fairford Road Northern end of Davies Road | ||
| 21.4 | 13.3 | East Hills railway line | |||
| 22.6 | 14.0 | Alma Road – Padstow | Southern end of Davies Road Northern end of Alfords Point Road | ||
Peakhurst | No right turn from southbound exit, no right turn into southbound entrance | ||||
| 23.5 | 14.6 | Henry Lawson Drive – Padstow Heights | Southbound entrance only | ||
| Georges River | 24.5 | 15.2 | Alfords Point Bridge | ||
Illawong Old Illawarra Road (south) – Menai | Northbound entrance and southbound exit only | ||||
| Menai | 27.7 | 17.2 | Old Illawarra Road – Menai | Southbound entrance only | |
| 29.1 | 18.1 | Old Illawarra Road, to Menai Road – Illawong, Bangor | Southern end of Alfords Point Road Northern end of New Illawarra Road | ||
| 30.3 | 18.8 | Bangor Bypass – Bangor, Sutherland | |||
| Lucas Heights–Holsworthy boundary | 35.4 | 22.0 | Heathcote Road (west) – Moorebank, Liverpool | Southern end of New Illawarra Road Western end of Heathcote Road | |
| Woronora River | 38.2 | 23.7 | Heathcote Road Bridge | ||
Wollongong | Southern terminus of route A6 Eastern end of Heathcote Road | ||||
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See also
References
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