Cumberland Highway

Cumberland Highway
New South Wales
Cumberland Highway as the Pennant Hills Road at Thornleigh in 2016
Coordinates 33°47′45″S 151°0′49″E / 33.79583°S 151.01361°E / -33.79583; 151.01361Coordinates: 33°47′45″S 151°0′49″E / 33.79583°S 151.01361°E / -33.79583; 151.01361
General information
Type Highway
Length 34 km (21 mi)[1][2]
Route number(s)
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The Cumberland Highway is a 34-kilometre (21 mi) long urban highway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2] The highway links the Pacific Highway (A1/B83) and Pacific Motorway (M1) at Pearces Corner, Wahroonga in the northeast with the Hume Highway (A22/A28) at Liverpool in the southwest.[4]

The entire length of Cumberland Highway is designated route A28.

The name of the highway is derived from the Cumberland Plain and Cumberland County. The name Cumberland was conferred on the County by Governor Phillip in honour of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.[5]

History

The Carlingford Highway and Pennant Hills Road overhead road sign north-eastbound at Carlingford.

The original western Sydney Bypass was Ring Road 5, which ran from the Pacific Highway and the Hume Highway with Parramatta in between. In 1974, Ring Road 5 was superseded by State Route 55. The growth of Sydney's west had instead turned it into a primary arterial with huge increase in freight traffic.

Metroad 7

In August 1988, the highway was finally completed to supersede the Church Street/Woodville Road route as the major connection between the Pacific and Hume Highways. The highway was named "Cumberland Highway" after completion.[6] State Route 77 was proclaimed and allocated to the entire length of the highway.

Metroad 7 replaced State Route 77 in June 1993 and the highway was designated by the Federal Government as an interim National Highway in 1994 until the completion of Westlink M7. When Metroad 7 was introduced, it went along Heathcote Road to the then Metroad 1 (now A1) at Heathcote. The southern section of Heathcote Road was replaced by the then Metroad 6 (now A6) in 1998, and Metroad 7 was therefore truncated to the end of Cumberland Highway at Liverpool.[7]

Since 1994, various parts of the Cumberland Highway were upgraded which included the widening of Pennant Hills Road.[6]

With the opening of the Westlink M7 motorway in December 2005, the Metroad 7 route south of M2 Hills Motorway was decommissioned and rerouted onto the Westlink M7, leaving only the section north of the M2 Hills Motorway to retain the Metroad 7 route marker. The Metroad 6 was extended northwards from Carlingford to join M2 Hills Motorway at the same time. This was the condition it had stayed until 2013.

With the introduction of alphanumeric routes in New South Wales, the entire Cumberland Highway was allocated the A28 route in May–June 2013 and Metroad 7 was completely decommissioned.[4]

Future developments

The NorthConnex, presently under construction with an expected completion date of 2019, will link the M2 Hills Motorway at West Pennant Hills with the Pacific Highway and Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga via a 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) motorway tunnel that aims to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow along the Pennant Hills Road section of the Cumberland Highway.[8]

Route

Exits and interchanges

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
HornsbyWahroonga0.00.0 Pacific Motorway (M1) – Gosford, Newcastle, BrisbaneNorth-eastern terminus; continues northeast as the Pacific Motorway
0.00.0 Pacific Highway (A1) – Chatswood, Crows Nest, Lane Cove, Sydney CBD, Sydney Airport
Pacific Highway (B83) – Hornsby, Asquith, Brooklyn		North-eastern terminus; exits north and south as the Pacific Highway
0.00.0 Cumberland Highway / Pennant Hills Road (A28) – Pennant Hills
The HillsPennant Hills5.03.1Beecroft Road – Beecroft, EppingSouthbound and northbound exits only
5.33.3Beecroft Road – Beecroft, EppingSouthbound and northbound entrances only
West Pennant Hills6.74.2Castle Hill Road – Castle Hill, Windsor
7.94.9 M2 Hills Motorway (M2) – Macquarie Park, Lane Cove, Sydney CBD, Sydney Airport
M2 Hills Motorway (M2) – Baulkham Hills, Seven Hills, Eastern Creek via Westlink M7 and to Canberra, Melbourne
ParramattaCarlingford10.56.5 Marsden Road (A6) – Eastwood, Silverwater to Sydney Olympic ParkPennant Hills Road continues southwest
North Parramatta14.79.1 Cumberland Highway / James Ruse Drive (A28/A40) – Wentworthville, Windsor
James Ruse Drive (A40) – Rosehill to M4 Western Motorway (M4)
14.79.1Pennant Hills Road – North Parramatta, ParramattaPennant Hills Road continues without A28 designation
Northmead16.310.1Windsor Road – Windsor
Church Street – Parramatta
17.510.9Briens Road – Westmead to Westmead and Children's hospitals
18.011.2 Cumberland Highway (A28) – Wentworthville
Old Windsor Road (A40)  – Windsor
Wentworthville19.512.1Darcy Road to Westmead and Children's hospitals
21.013.0 Great Western Highway (A44) – Parramatta, Eastern Creek
21.213.2 M4 Western Motorway (M4) – Parramatta, Eastern Creek, Penrith, Sydney CBD, Sydney Airport
CumberlandSmithfield26.216.3The Horsley Drive – Fairfield, Wetherill Park to Westlink M7
Fairfield27.617.1Polding Street – Fairfield, Prairiewood
Smithfield Road – Edensor Park		No southbound access to Smithfield Road
Cabramatta West32.119.9Cabramatta Road West – Cabramatta, Bonnyrigg to Westlink M7
LiverpoolLiverpool34.021.1 Hume Highway (A22) – Liverpool, Prestons to Sydney CBD, Sydney Airport, Canberra, Melbourne via M5 South Western MotorwaySouth-western terminus; continues southwest as the Hume Highway
34.021.1 Hume Highway (A22) – MerrylandsSouth-western terminus; exits northeast as the Hume Highway

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "17 Pennant Hills Road, Wahroonga NSW 2076 to Cumberland Highway, Liverpool NSW 2170". Google Maps. Google Inc. 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Cumberland Highway, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Former NSW State Route 53". Ozroads. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Cumberland Highway". Ozroads. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Cumberland". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Cumberland Highway History". Ozroads. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Metroad 7". Ozroads. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "NorthConnex". NorthConnex - About. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

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