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Prospect Highway

(numerous constituent roads)

New South Wales
Prospect Highway is located in Sydney
Northeast end
Northeast end
Southwest end
Southwest end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length11.1 km (6.9 mi)
Gazetted
August 1988[2]
Former
route number		 State Route 63 (1992–1998)
(Blacktown–Prospect)
Major junctions
Northeast end M2 Hills Motorway
Baulkham Hills, Sydney
 
Southwest endWidemere Road
Blacktown, Prospect

Prospect Highway is an 11.1-kilometre (6.9 mi)

M4 Western Motorway
in the southwest and further south. 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: Abbott Road, Seven Hills Road, Wall Park Avenue, Blacktown Road and Prospect Highway proper.

Route

The highway takes its name from the suburb Prospect; like many highways in the Sydney area, it was formed by linking a series of local roads.

Prospect Highway starts at the intersection of

M4 Western Motorway, continuing south until it eventually terminates at the intersection with the Liverpool–Parramatta Transitway in Pemulwuy; the road continues southwards as Widemere Road.[3]

History

The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924

M4 Western Motorway in Prospect, on 26 August 1988.[2]

Church Lane, from Great Western Highway to Blacktown Road through Prospect, was officially renamed Prospect Highway on 5 April 1991.[6] Later, the section of Seven Hills Road, between the intersection with Station Road and Johnson Avenue, and the intersection with Wall Park Avenue in Seven Hills, was also officially renamed Prospect Highway on 27 November 1992.[7]

The passing of the Roads Act of 1993[8] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Prospect Highway retains its declaration as Main Road 644.[9]

The route was allocated State Route 63 in 1992, between Blacktown and Prospect, but was removed a few years later in 1998. The entire route is currently unallocated.

Proposals

In 2015, the

Roads & Maritime Services commenced planning an upgrade of a 3.6-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the highway between Reservoir Road in Prospect to St Martins Crescent in Blacktown.[10][11][12]

Exits and interchanges

LGALocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Sydney CBD
North-eastern terminus of highway, eastern end of Abbott Road
South-eastbound entrance to and north west bound exit from motorway only
Parramatta
Seven Hills1.40.87Seven Hills Road (northeast) – Bella VistaNo right right turn westbound into Seven Hills Road at T-intersection
Western end of Abbott Road, southeastern end of Seven Hills Road
1.60.99Johnson Avenue (north) –
Toongabbie
Southwestern end of Seven Hills Road, northeastern end of Prospect Highway
2.61.6Main Western railway line
3.11.9Seven Hills Road South (south) – ProspectSouthwestern end of Prospect Highway, eastern end of Wall Park Avenue at T-intersection
Blacktown
Western end of Wall Park Avenue, northern end of Blacktown Road at T-intersection
Toongabbie
6.13.8Blacktown Road (southeast) –
Toongabbie
Southern end of Blacktown Road, northern end of Prospect Highway at T-intersection
Prospect7.24.5 Great Western Highway (A44) – Wentworthville, Rooty HillModified diamond interchange, westbound entrance and exit from Great Western Highway via Ponds Road
7.64.7
Sydney CBD
Diamond interchange
8.15.0Reservoir Road – Prospect Reservoir
Cumberland
Pemulwuy11.16.9Widemere Road – Wetherill ParkSouthern terminus of highway, continues south as Widemere Road

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Google (20 July 2023). "Prospect Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "State Roads Act". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 138. National Library of Australia. 26 August 1988. p. 4505. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Map of Blacktown Road, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
  5. ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. Archived 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929
  6. ^ "Local Government Act, 1919". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 54. National Library of Australia. 5 April 1991. p. 2747. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Government Act, 1919". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 140. National Library of Australia. 27 November 1992. p. 8578. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  8. ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes. Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
  9. ^ Transport for NSW (August 2022). "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  10. Roads & Maritime Services
    . Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  11. Roads & Maritime Services
    . Government of New South Wales. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  12. ^ Oxford, Jessica (20 April 2016). "Call to upgrade Blacktown bottlenecks and end traffic chaos". Blacktown Advocate. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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