Sir Roden Cutler VC Memorial Interchange

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Roden Cutler Interchange

New South Wales
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Sir Roden Cutler VC Memorial Interchange is located in New South Wales
Roden Cutler Interchange
Roden Cutler Interchange
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General information
TypeRoad junction
Junction typeHybrid semidirectional T interchange
LocationPrestons, New South Wales
OpenedDecember 2005 (2005-12)
Built byLeighton Contractors, Abigroup
Maintained byTransport for NSW
Roads at junction
Location(s)
LGA(s)City of Liverpool

The Sir Roden Cutler VC Memorial Interchange, often shortened to Roden Cutler Interchange and sign-posted as Cutler VC Interchange, is a three-level

motorway interchange located in Prestons in South-West Sydney. The interchange forms the junction of the Westlink M7, M5 South-West and M31 Hume Motorways, opening to traffic in December 2005 along with the Westlink M7. It is a major urban feature of the National Highway network with roads linking Sydney south to Canberra and Melbourne and north to Newcastle and Brisbane
converging at the interchange.

As with many features of the Remembrance Driveway between Sydney and Canberra, the interchange is named in honour of an Australian Victoria Cross recipient. Sir Roden Cutler received the medal for gallantry in the face of the enemy while serving with the Royal Australian Artillery in Syria during World War II. He would later hold the office of Governor of New South Wales.[1]

Design

Following a

request for tender in 2001, a joint venture between engineering firms Leighton Contractors and Abigroup were awarded the contract in 2003 to design and construct the Westlink M7 motorway and interchanges.[2]

The interchange is a hybrid of the semidirectional T interchange configuration, with added complexity through the retention and modification of the Camden Valley Way partial diamond interchange over the Hume Motorway. Slip roads allow access to both the M5 eastbound and M7 northbound, as well as exit from the Hume Motorway onto Camden Valley Way. Access is also provided to the suburban street network at Beech Road from the westbound lanes of the M5, necessitating three levels of ramps.[3]

Landscaping

The interchange surrounds a landmark 25 m (82 ft) high grass-covered

LED lighting. Complementing the pyramid, forty-five timber poles line the edges of the interchange, symbolic of the native woodlands depleted by urban development in the area.[5]

On 15 November 2010, the

Mount Annan Botanic Garden, a distance of 15.5 km (9.6 mi).[6]

References

  1. ^ "M5-M7 Interchange". Parliament of New South Wales. 15 November 2006.
  2. Sydney Morning Herald
    . 4 September 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. Roads & Maritime Services
    . Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  4. ^ Cuming, Angela (4 September 2005). "Introducing the great pyramid of Sydney". The Sun-Herald.
  5. ^ "Sir Roden Cutler Interchange". Westlink Motorway Limited. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  6. Roads & Maritime Services
    . Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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