A9 (Sydney)
The A9 is a route designation of the outer western Sydney Bypass, connecting Windsor to Campbelltown via Penrith. 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: Macquarie Street, George Street, The Northern Road, Richmond Road, Parker Street and Narellan Road.
A9 (numerous constituent roads) | |
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| The Northern Road looking south at Bringelly Road interchange | |
North end South end | |
| Coordinates |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 62.6 km (39 mi)[1] |
| Gazetted | August 1928[2] |
| Route number(s) | A9 (2013–present) |
| Former route number |
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| Major junctions | |
| North end | Bridge Street Windsor, Sydney |
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| South end | Narellan Road Campbelltown, Sydney |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Kingswood, Luddenham, Bringelly, Narellan |
| Highway system | |
Route edit
The A9 commences at the intersection of Macquarie Street and Bridge Street in Windsor and heads in a southwesterly direction as Macquarie Street as a four-lane, single carriageway road, narrowing to two lanes through South Windsor, and then intersects with and changes name to George Street shortly afterwards, eventually meeting Blacktown Road at a roundabout at Londonderry. It runs briefly southeast along Blacktown Road, before following The Northern Road at another roundabout, heading again in a southwesterly direction, before heading south at Llandilo. It changes name to Richmond Road and widens to a four-lane, dual carriageway road at Cranebrook and continues south, changing name again to Parker Street in Penrith, before meeting Great Western Highway a short distance later and widening to a six-lane, dual-carriageway road. Parker Street continues south, changing name back to The Northern Road in South Penrith, crosses M4 Western Motorway, narrows back to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, and continues in a southerly direction through Bringelly to eventually meet Camden Valley Way at Narellan. It changes name one final time to Narellan Road and heads southeast, before eventually terminating at the interchange with Hume Motorway on the northern fringes of Campbelltown.
The A9 is also the major link between the International Regatta Centre at Cranebrook and M4 Western Motorway. It was upgraded just before the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
History edit
The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924[3] through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (later the Department of Main Roads, and eventually Transport for NSW). Main Road No. 154 was declared from the intersection with Hume Highway (today Camden Valley Way) in Narellan, via Bringelly and Luddenham to Llandilo (and continuing northwards to the intersection with Windsor Street in Richmond),[2] Main Road No. 178 was declared between Narellan and Campbelltown,[2] and Main Road No. 184 was declared along Macquarie Street, between Richmond and Windsor Roads, through Windsor,[2] on the same day, 8 August 1928; with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929[4] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Roads 154 and 178 and 184 on 8 April 1929. The northern end of Main Road 154 between Llandilo and Richmond was later re-aligned to run from Llandilo to Windsor on 8 December 1937.[5]
Main Road 154, previously named Bringelly Road, was later renamed The Northern Road (between Blacktown Road in South Windsor and the intersection with Andrews and Richmond Roads in Penrith, and the intersection of Maxwell and Parker Streets in South Penrith to the intersection of Hume Highway – today Camden Valley Way – and Narellan Road in Narellan) on 14 January 1981.[6]
The passing of the Roads Act of 1993[7] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the A9 retains its declaration as Main Roads 154 (as Macquarie and George Streets and The Northern Road) and 178 (as Narellan Road), and part of Main Road 184 (Macquarie Street through Windsor).[8]
The route was allocated part of State Route 69 in 1973,[9] linking Singleton to Wollongong via Sydney's western suburbs, along Putty Road, the current A9 route, and Appin Road. It was replaced by Metroad 9 between Windsor and Campbelltown in December 1998, with State Route 69 consequently split into two sections:[10] a northern section along Putty Road connecting Windsor to Singleton, and a southern section along Appin Road connecting Campbelltown to Wollongong via Princes Motorway.
With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 9 was replaced by route A9, and the southern section of State Route 69 (Appin Road) was replaced by route B69; the northern section of State Route 69 (Putty Road) was left unallocated.[11]
Road upgrade edit
As part of the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan, 35 km (21.7 mi) of The Northern Road will be upgraded to a minimum of four lanes between The Old Northern Road at Narellan and Jamison Road at South Penrith.[12][13] The project is being delivered in six stages, with the first stage at Oran Park completed in April 2018.[14] In April 2020, The Northern Road was also realigned between Mersey Road and Eaton Road at Luddenham, to facilitate the construction of Western Sydney Airport.[15][16] On 16 July 2020, The Northern Road and Bringelly Road interchange opened including a realignment of The Northern Road.[17] On 13 December 2020, The Northern Road was realigned between Elizabeth Drive and Eaton Road was opened to traffic, bypassing Luddenham.[18] The rest of The Northern Road upgrade was completed through 2021, with the final upgrade opened to traffic in December 2021.[19][20]
Future replacement edit
As part of economic development of western Sydney, including the construction of the Western Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek, the road was proposed to be upgraded to a grade separated motorway. The proposal, known as the M9 Outer-Western Sydney Orbital motorway, would link the M31 near Appin with the Central Coast via Camden, Penrith and Windsor.[citation needed]
As part of the State Budget 2014–15, the NSW Government announced a $5.5 billion road package for Western Sydney. It includes $4.6 million for planning the M9 Motorway. The preferred corridor for the motorway was expected to be announced later in 2014 before plans are made for reserving land.[21] The corridor is now known as Outer Sydney Orbital with motorway codenames as either M9 or M10.[22]
Exits and interchanges edit
| LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkesbury | Windsor | 0.0 | 0.0 | Windsor Road (A2 south, unallocated north) – Putty, Colo, Parramatta | Northern terminus of route A9 Northern end of Macquarie Street |
| 1.1 | 0.68 | Hawkesbury Valley Way (B59) – Lithgow, Richmond, Vineyard | |||
| 1.5 | 0.93 | Richmond railway line | |||
| 3.2 | 2.0 | George Street – South Windsor | Northbound entrance and exit only Southern end of Macquarie Street | ||
| Hawkesbury–Penrith boundary | South Windsor–Londonderry boundary | 5.4 | 3.4 | Blacktown Road (north) – Richmond | Southern end of George Street at roundabout |
| South Windsor–Londonderry–Bligh Park–Berkshire Park quadripoint | 5.6 | 3.5 | Richmond Road (south) – Blacktown, Seven Hills | Southern end of Blacktown Road Northern end of The Northern Road (northern section) | |
| Penrith | Londonderry–Llandilo–Cranebrook tripoint | 13.2 | 8.2 | Londonderry Road (north) – Londonderry Cranebrook Road (west) – Cranebrook | Roundabout |
| Cranebrook–Penrith–Cambridge Park tripoint | 18.7 | 11.6 | Andrews Road – Cranebrook, Penrith | Southern end of The Northern Road (northern section) Northern end of Richmond Road | |
| Penrith–Cambridge Park–Kingswood tripoint | 20.1 | 12.5 | Coreen Avenue (west) – Penrith Oxford Street (east) – Cambridge Park | Southern end of Richmond Road Northern end of Parker Street | |
| Penrith–Kingswood boundary | 21.1 | 13.1 | Main Western railway line | ||
| 21.2 | 13.2 | Great Western Highway (A44) – Emu Plains, St Marys, Parramatta | |||
| South Penrith–Kingswood–Orchard Hills tripoint | 23.3 | 14.5 | Maxwell Street (west) – South Penrith Bringelly Road (east) – Kingswood | Southern end of Parker Street Northern end of The Northern Road (southern section) | |
| Glenmore Park–South Penrith–Orchard Hills tripoint | 24.7 | 15.3 | M4 Western Motorway (M4) – Lapstone, Parramatta, Strathfield | ||
| Penrith–Liverpool boundary | Luddenham | 34.5 | 21.4 | Wilmington Road (west) – Luddenham Elizabeth Drive (east) – Badgerys Creek, Liverpool | |
| Liverpool–Camden boundary | Bringelly | 45.5 | 28.3 | Bringelly Road – Bringelly, Leppington | |
| Camden | Narellan–Harrington Park boundary | 57.6 | 35.8 | Camden Valley Way – Camden, Leppington | Southern end of The Northern Road (southern section) Northern end of Narellan Road |
| Narellan–Narellan Vale–Smeaton Grange tripoint | 58.2 | 36.2 | Camden Bypass – Camden | ||
| Campbelltown | Mount Annan–Blairmount–Campbelltown tripoint | 62.6 | 38.9 | Hume Motorway (M31) – Prestons, Goulburn, Canberra | |
| Narellan Road (B69 south) – Campbelltown, Appin, Bulli | Southwestern terminus route A9 Narellan Road continues south as route B69 | ||||
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See also edit
External links edit
- The Northern Road upgrade – Transport for NSW
References edit
- ^ a b Google (17 August 2022). "A9 road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ 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 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
- ^ 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. 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929
- ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1936". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 193. National Library of Australia. 17 December 1937. p. 4972. from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924: Renaming of Main Road No. 154". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 23. National Library of Australia. 30 January 1981. p. 554. from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ 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. 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
- ^ Transport for NSW (August 2022). (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ State Route 69, Ozroads, Retrieved on 2 August 2013[self-published source]
- ^ http://ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Metroads/9/metroad9.htm OzRoads: Metroad 9 [self-published source]
- ^ (PDF). Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "The Northern Road upgrade". Roads and Maritime Services. from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan". (Federal) Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development. from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "The Northern Road upgrade, The Old Northern Road to Peter Brock Drive". Roads and Maritime Services. from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "New The Northern Road opening between Mersey Road and Eaton Road, Luddenham" (PDF). Transport for NSW – Roads and Maritime. April 2020. (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Drivers get moving on new section of Northern Road". Transport for NSW – Roads and Maritime. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Opening of the Bringelly Road interchange and new section of The Northern Road between Belmore Road and Thames Road, Bringelly from Thursday 16 July 2020" (PDF). Transport for NSW – Roads and Maritime. July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "The Northern Road upgrade – Eaton Road to Elizabeth Drive (bypass of Luddenham town centre)" (PDF). Transport for NSW – Roads and Maritime. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "$1.6 billion Northern Road Upgrade in Western Sydney Complete". Transport for NSW. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "The Northern Road upgrade – completed 2021" (PDF). Transport for NSW – Roads and Waterways. Transport for NSW. December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Clennel, Andrew (19 June 2014). "M9 Outer-western Sydney Orbital motorway part of big ticket $5.5b roads package unveiled in today's NSW Budget". The Daily Telegraph. News ltd. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Outer Sydney Orbital corridor identification". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 23 September 2020.