The A38 is a major arterial route in Sydney, Australia, connecting
M2 Hills Motorway in to the
Pittwater Road (A8) in .
The name "A38" is just the route allocation. In fact it is made up of series of roads which, from west to east, are:
* Delhi Road
* Millwood Avenue
* Fullers Road
*
Pacific Highway
* Boundary Street
* Babbage Road
* Warringah Road
The A38 also has a few notable bridges. They are
Fullers Bridge and
Roseville Bridge
The Roseville Bridge, is a pre-stressed concrete box girder road bridge that carries Warringah Road, part of the A38 across Middle Harbour, located adjacent to the suburb of , in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge is one of two ...
. The Fullers Bridge was built in 1918 while the Roseville Bridge was a newer bridge which replaced an older one in 1966.
History
The passing of the ''Main Roads Act of 1924'' through the
Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Eac ...
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. 191 was declared along this road on 8 August 1928, from Ryde to the intersection with Great Northern Highway (today
Pacific Highway at
Chatswood).
The route was allocated part of State Route 29 in 1974. The
Metroad 2 designation along Epping Road was decommissioned when
M2 Hills Motorway opened in 1997: State Route 29 was extended west along Epping Road to terminate at Lane Cove Road (then Metroad 3, now
A3).
[State Route 29]
''Ozroads'', Retrieved on 9 August 2013. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route A38, and truncated back to the M2.
An underpass along Warringah Road was constructed in the
Frenchs Forest area as part of the
Northern Beaches Hospital Road Connectivity and Network Enhancement Project (Stage 2). The underpass opened to traffic on 28 March 2020. It allows Warringah Road traffic to bypass three sets of traffic lights at Forest Way, Hilmer Street and Wakehurst Parkway. Upgrades along Wakehurst Parkway would also help to connect the A38 to the proposed
Western Harbour Tunnel & Beaches Link.
See also
References
{{Road infrastructure in Sydney
Highways in New South Wales