A34 (Sydney)

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A34

(numerous constituent roads)

AUS Alphanumeric Route A34.svg
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Eastern end of A34 (Enmore Road) at Newtown
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West end
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East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length26.2 km (16 mi) [1]
Gazetted August 1928 [2]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route A34.svg A34 (2013–present)
Former
route number
Australian state route 54.svg State Route 54 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
West endAUS Alphanumeric Route A28.svg Hume Highway
Liverpool, Sydney
 
East endAUS Alphanumeric Route A36.svg King Street
Newtown, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs Milperra, Bankstown, Punchbowl, Lakemba, Canterbury, Dulwich Hill, Petersham, Enmore
Highway system

The A34 is a route designation of a major metropolitan arterial route through suburban Sydney, linking Hume Highway at Liverpool and Princes Highway at Newtown, running parallel to the tolled M5 Motorway. 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, Terminus Street, Newbridge Road, Milperra Road, (New) Canterbury Road, Stanmore Road and Enmore Road. [3]

Contents

Route

The A34 commences at the intersection with Hume Highway and Hoxton Park Road in Liverpool and heads in an easterly direction as Macquarie Street as a four-lane, single-carriageway road, turning into Terminus Street very shortly afterwards. It changes name to Newbridge Road and crosses the Georges River for the first time, intersecting with Heathcote Road shortly afterwards, and widening to a six-lane, dual-carriageway road. It continues east through Moorebank, crosses the Georges River again and meets Henry Lawson Drive at Milperra. It changes name to Milperra Road and continues in an easterly direction until it reaches The River Road in Revesby, where it changes name again to Canterbury Road, meeting King Georges Road at Roselands. At Hurlstone Park, the route splits off east to become New Canterbury Road. It changes name to Stanmore Road at the intersection of Crystal and Shaw Streets at Petersham, and intersecs with and changes name to Enmore Road at the intersection with Edgeware Road in Enmore, before eventually terminating at the intersection with King Street in Newtown. [1] [4]

History

The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 [5] 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. 167 was declared on 8 August 1928, from the intersection with King Street in Newtown, along Enmore and Stanmore Roads, New Canterbury Road and Canterbury Road to the intersection with Chapel Road in Bankstown; [2] with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 [6] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Road 167 on 8 April 1929.

Main Road 512 was declared between Heathcote Road and Hume Highway in Liverpool on 15 November 1939 (and continuing southeast along Heathcote Road via Lucas Heights to Princes Highway at Heathcote); [7] the western end of Main Road 167 was later extended along Milperra and Newbridge Roads to meet Main Road 512 (Heathcote Road) at Moorebank on 20 March 1940. [8]

The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 [9] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the A34 retains its declaration as Main Road 167 (from Moorebank to Newtown), and part of Main Road 512 (Liverpool to Moorebank). [10]

The route was allocated State Route 54 in 1974, from Liverpool to Newtown. In 1993, its eastern end was extended along King Street and City Road to the intersection with Broadway at Chippendale (replacing State Route 66, itself having replaced National Route 1 the previous year when the opening of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel had it re-aligned). [11] With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, State Route 54 was truncated back to its original eastern terminus at King Street in Newtown and replaced by route A34, with the former extension replaced by route A36 as part of Princes Highway. [4]

Major intersections

LGALocationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
Liverpool Liverpool 0.00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A28.svg Hume Highway (A28)  Cabramatta, Camden, Campbelltown Western terminus of route A34
Western end of Macquarie Street
Hoxton Park Road  Hoxton Park, Austral
0.30.19Macquarie Street (east)  Liverpool Eastbound entrance and westbound exit only
Eastern end of Macquarie Street, western end of Terminus Street
0.80.50Terminus Street (east)  Liverpool
Speed Street (south)  Liverpool
Eastbound exit to Terminus Street only, no right turn eastbound into Speed Street
Eastern end of Terminus Street, western end of Newbridge Road
0.90.56 Main Southern railway line
Georges River 1.10.68Light Horse Bridge
Liverpool Moorebank 1.40.87 Heathcote Road   Wattle Grove, Lucas Heights, Heathcote
Georges River 5.93.7 Milperra Bridge
Canterbury-Bankstown MilperraBankstown Aerodrome boundary6.03.7 Henry Lawson Drive   Lansdowne, Padstow Heights Eastern end of Newbridge Road
Western end of Milperra Road
Revesby 9.86.1The River Road  Revesby Heights Eastern end of Milperra Road
Western end of Canterbury Road
Bankstown 11.67.2AUS Alphanumeric Route A6.svg Fairford Road (A6)  Carlingford, Lidcombe, Padstow, Heathcote No right turn westbound into Fairford Road, no southbound exit from Fairford Road
Punchbowl 12.47.7Punchbowl Road (north)  Punchbowl, Croydon Park
Bramhall Avenue (south)  Punchbowl
Wiley ParkRoselands boundary15.09.3AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg King Georges Road (A3)  Mona Vale, Ryde, Greenacre, Blakehurst
Cooks River 19.512.1Bridge (no known official name)
Canterbury-Bankstown Canterbury 19.712.2 Bankstown railway line
Canterbury-BankstownInner West boundary Hurlstone ParkAshfieldDulwich Hill tripoint20.913.0Old Canterbury Road (north)  Lewisham
Griffiths Street (west)  Ashfield
Eastern end of Canterbury Road
Western end of New Canterbury Road
Inner West Dulwich Hill 21.913.6 Inner West Light Rail
Petersham 24.115.0Crystal Street (north)  Leichhardt
Shaw Street (south)  Petersham
Eastern end of New Canterbury Road
Western end of Stanmore Road
Enmore 25.515.8Enmore Road (southwest)  Marrickville
Edgeware Road (southeast)  St Peters
Eastern end of New Canterbury Road
Western end of Enmore Road
Inner WestSydney boundary Newtown 26.216.3 Main Suburban railway line
AUS Alphanumeric Route A36.svg King Street (A36)  Chippendale, Blakehurst, Heathcote Eastern terminus of route A34
Eastern end of Enmore Road

See also

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