Taren Point Road is a major road found in

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and Caringbah,

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, Australia. Taren Point Road starts from Captain Cook Bridge,

and continues to Gardere Street, Caringbah. Traffic travelling north heads towards Sans Souci, and onwards to the city. Traffic travelling south heads towards Miranda or

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. Taren Point Road begins and ends within the

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local government area. Taren Point Road is three lanes in both directions. There are five traffic light intersections along the road.

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routes 477 and 478 use Taren Point Road. According to a newspaper report in February 2015, there are a total of 56,000 vehicular movements on Taren Point Road every day and the road delivers and accepts an estimated 30,600 vehicles from the Captain Cook Bridge. Due to busy traffic during the peak periods, when speeds could be as low as , upgrades were made on Taren Point Road at key pinchpoints in 2014. Further road changes were announced in 2018, along with extended

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s, in further attempts to reduce congestion. Taren Point Road would be a joining section of a long proposed extension of the

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to extend closer to the City.

Landmarks

* Captain Cook Bridge * Endeavour High School

Landmarks

References

See also