- Sydney Orbital Network
The Sydney Orbital Network is a 110 kilometre [RTA Website [http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/usingroads/motorwaysandtolling/index.html Motorways and tolling] ]
motorway standard ring-road or orbital around the city ofSydney , the capital ofNew South Wales inAustralia . Planning for this beltway, orbital or ring road began as early as1962 under the "county of cumberland scheme" (CCS) and well talked about as far back as1944 . Then from1973 to1989 things started to take shape with new sections opening-up and then further advancing by1999 . In2007 , theLane Cove Tunnel opened, completing the orbital network. It runs north fromSydney Airport , underneath the CBD to the North Shore, west to the Hills District, south to Prestons and then east to connect with the airport. Much of the road is privately-owned and financed by tolls.Motorways that make up the 110 kilometre orbital road
The Sydney orbital consist of several motorways and freeways, they are list below
*Eastern Distributor
*Southern Cross Drive
*General Holmes Drive
* M5 Motorway East
*M5 South Western Motorway
*Westlink M7
*M2 Hills Motorway
*Lane Cove Tunnel
*Gore Hill Freeway
*Warringah Freeway
*Sydney Harbour Tunnel (orSydney Harbour Bridge andCahill Expressway )Tolling
The Sydney Orbital Road Network consist of a number of roads built by private companies, tolling is unavoidable when using the road network.
Highway links
Intercity highways are linked to the Orbital, moving traffic away from the old busy National Routes. They are:
*Pennant Hills Rd - linking
Sydney-Newcastle Freeway to M2 Motorway
*M4 Motorway - linkingGreat Western Highway toWestlink M7
*M5 Motorway - linkingHume Highway toGeneral Holmes Drive
*King Georges Rd - linking M5 Motorway toPrinces Highway ,Southern Freeway and WollongongProposed or missing freeway/motorway links
*Link to the F3
Sydney-Newcastle Freeway – The final stage of a motorway standardSydney Bypass , a tunnel under Pennant Hills Road is in the planning stages. [RTA Website - F3 to M2 link. [http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectssydney/f3tosydneyorbitallinkstudy.html F3 to Sydney Orbital link study SKM] ]
*Link to the F6Southern Freeway – At present, there are no plans to complete this link as freeway standard. The only section which was built is the Captain Cook Bridge and its approaches. Land is still reserved north of this point throughSandringham , and south through theRoyal National Park . This still leaves a considerable length of the corridor built out, which will require great expense to resume, or tunnel beneath.
*Marrickville Tunnel – Proposal to link the orbital ring road atPort Botany with the M4 Motorway, to remove commercial traffic from inner west surface roads.
*M4 East – Extension of the M4 Motorway to theAnzac Bridge . This proposal has been reviewed and cancelled following stiff community opposition, which cited encouraging additional commuter traffic into the CBD, whilst removing little commercial traffic from the area.References
External links
* [http://sydneymotorways.com/ RTA Orbital Network Website]
Road infrastructure in Sydney
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