The A9 is the outer western
Sydney Bypass connecting
Campbelltown to
Windsor
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. It was formerly designated
Metroad
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9, which was one of
Sydney
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's
Metroad
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s.
“A9” is used as a route number designation for the entire length, however the road falls under numerous local names. From Windsor to Campbelltown:
* Macquarie Street
* George Street
*
Richmond Road,
Bligh Park
* The Northern Road (between Bligh Park and Cambridge Gardens)
* Richmond Road,
Cambridge Gardens
* Parker Street
* The Northern Road (between South Penrith and Narellan)
* Narellan Road
The A9 applies to Narellan Road from the
Hume Motorway interchange to Camden and the complete stretch of The Northern Road from
Camden to Windsor via Penrith. It crosses the
Great Western Highway
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and
M4 Western Motorway
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near
Penrith.
The A9 is also the major link between the International Regatta Centre at
Cranebrook and the
M4 Western Motorway
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. It was upgraded just before the
Sydney 2000 Olympics
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.
History
The passing of the ''Main Roads Act of 1924'' through the
Parliament of New South Wales
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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
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). Main Road No. 154 was declared from the intersection with
Hume Highway (today
Camden Valley Way
The Camden Valley Way is a arterial road between Sydney and the historic town of Camden.
The road follows the Old Hume Highway alignment between the localities of and Camden. The northeastern terminus is from , while its southwestern termin ...
) in Narellan, via Bringelly and Luddenham to Llandilo (and continuing northwards to the intersection with Windsor Street in Richmond),
Main Road No. 178 was declared between Narellan and Campbelltown,
and Main Road No. 184 was declared along Macquarie Street, between Richmond and Windsor Roads, through Windsor,
on the same day, 8 August 1929. The alignment between Llandilo and Richmond was later realigned to run to Windsor instead.
The route was allocated part of State Route 69 in 1973, linking to via Sydney's western suburbs, along
Putty Road
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, 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: a northern section along
Putty Road
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connecting Windsor to
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, and a southern section along
Appin Road connecting Campbelltown to Wollongong via the
Princes Motorway
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.
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.
Road upgrade
As part of the
Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan
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, of The Northern Road will be upgraded to a minimum of four lanes between The Old Northern Road at
Narellan
Narellan is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. Narellan is located 60 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Camden Council and is part of the Macarthur region.
Narellan is known for it ...
and Jamison Road at
South Penrith. The project is being delivered in six stages, with the first stage at
Oran Park completed in April 2018. 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
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. On 16 July 2020, The Northern Road and Bringelly Road interchange opened including a realignment of The Northern Road. On 13 December 2020, The Northern Road was realigned between Elizabeth Drive and Eaton Road was opened to traffic, bypassing
Luddenham. The rest of The Northern Road upgrade was completed through 2021, with the final upgrade opened to traffic in December 2021.
Future replacement
As part of economic development of western Sydney, including the construction of the
Western Sydney Airport
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at , 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
M7 at with the
Central Coast via , and .
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.
The corridor is now known as
Outer Sydney Orbital.
See also
External links
The Northern Road upgrade– Transport for NSW
References
{{Road infrastructure in Sydney
Sydney Metroads