Pittwater Road is an

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Main Road in the north-eastern suburbs of

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, Australia. Pittwater Road runs from Manly to Church Point, on the southern shore of

Pittwater Pittwater is a semi-mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary, located about north of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from the Ce ...

. It passes through the suburbs of North Manly, Brookvale,

Dee Why Dee Why is a coastal suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 18 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district. It is the administrative centre of the local government area of Northern Be ...

, Collaroy,

Narrabeen Narrabeen is a beachside suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Narrabeen is 23 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council and is ...

North Narrabeen North Narrabeen is a suburb in northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 25 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. North Narrabeen is part of the Northern B ...

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, Mona Vale and Bayview. There are about 2,200 houses along the

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Pittwater Road is the main road along the coast of the

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suburbs, from Manly to Mona Vale. Between its intersection with Condamine Street, at Brookvale, and its intersection with

Mona Vale Road The A3 is a major metropolitan arterial route in Sydney, formerly designated Metroad 3. The A3 runs from its intersection with the A8 at Mona Vale at the north end, to the southerly of its two intersections with the A1, Princes Highway, a ...

, at Mona Vale, Pittwater Road forms part of the A8 route. Most of Pittwater Road is a concrete slab road laid in the 1930s, and mostly has three lanes in each direction. North of Mona Vale, Pittwater Road heads north-west, as a narrow, winding, two-lane road, to the shore of

at Bayview and Church Point. The main road to the remaining northern beach suburbs, up to Palm Beach, is Barrenjoey Road, which appears to be a continuation of Pittwater Road at Mona Vale. Being the largest single arterial road in the area, it is often referred to simply as "the main road". A separate Pittwater Road is a local arterial in the northern suburbs west of the

Lane Cove River The Lane Cove River, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a tide-dominated, drowned valley estuary west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The river is a tributary of the Parramatta River, winding throu ...

. This section of the road begins in the south at the junction with Victoria Road in

Gladesville Gladesville is a suburb in the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Gladesville is located 10 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde a ...

, and proceeds through

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and

North Ryde North Ryde is a suburb located in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Ryde is located 15 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City ...

until it joins

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, and the road name ends a short distance to the north in

Macquarie Park Macquarie Park () is a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Park is located 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Macqu ...

. The two Pittwater Roads are connected between Gordon and Mona Vale by the A3 arterial road, which is formed by Lane Cove Road and Mona Vale Road in this section. In former times, much of present-day Mona Vale Road through St. Ives, Terrey Hills and Ingleside, was known by varying names, including "Pittwater Road".

History

The passing of the ''Main Roads Act of 1924''State of New South Wales, ''An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board''
10 November 1924 through the

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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

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). Main Road No. 159 was declared from the intersection with Condamine Street in North Manly to the intersection with Belgrave Street in Manly (then continuing south along Belgrave Street then west via Sydney Road to Balgowah), Main Road No. 164 was declared from the intersection with Condamine Street in North Manly, via Dee Why and Narrabeen to Mona Vale (and continuing north via Barrenjoey Road to Newport), and Main Road No. 174 was declared from Mona Vale, via Bayview to Chirch Point, on the same day, 8 August 1929. The route was allocated State Route 14 in 1974 between Mona Vale and North Manly; this was later replaced by

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10 in 1998. It was also allocated State Route 12 between Manly and Queenscliff in 1974 (where it diverted via Oliver Street via Curl Curl to meet Pittwater Road in Dee Why); this was realigned to follow Pittwater Road through to the intersection with Condamine Street in North Manly in 1993, but was decommissioned shortly after in 1995. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 10 was replaced with route A8.

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