Windsor Road is a notable road in the Hills District of Sydney. It starts from

Windsor, New South Wales Windsor is a historic town north-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the council seat of the Hawkesbury local government area. The town sits on the Hawkesbury River, enveloped by farmland and Australian bush. Many of the oldest sur ...

and ends at

Northmead, New South Wales Northmead is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Northmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta. Northmead is ...

. However, Windsor Road is not continuous. The northern section of Windsor Road (Windsor to Kellyville) is continuous with

Old Windsor Road Old Windsor Road is a notable road in Sydney, Australia. It starts from Kellyville, New South Wales and ends at Northmead, New South Wales, just north of Parramatta. The northern end links with Windsor Road while the southern end links with ...

instead, designated route A2. The southern section of Windsor Road forms a T-junction with route A2 at Kellyville. The

North West T-way The North-West T-way is a continuous series of bus-only lanes and bus roadways between Parramatta, Blacktown and Rouse Hill in Western Sydney. Opened in stages between March and November 2007, the T-way was the second bus rapid transit route to ...

runs next to and parallel to Windsor Road from Kellyville to Rouse Hill.

History

Windsor to Kellyville

This section of Windsor Road was part of the original Windsor Road, which opened in 1794.Old Windsor Road and Windsor Road Heritage Precincts
''Roads and Transport Authority'', Published on 16 November 2010, Retrieved on 16 July 2013 The rest of the original Windsor Road is now known as Old Windsor Road, which goes parallel to the new Windsor Road from to . When the new Windsor Road opened in 1812, the original Windsor Road is aligned such that this section and the new section is continuous, leaving the southern original section renamed to Old Windsor Road and forms a T-junction with Windsor Road. This remained until 2002 when the Old Windsor Road regained importance and the junction was remade to the original Windsor Road alignment.

Kellyville to Northmead

This newer section of Windsor Road was completed in 1812. Metroad 2 used to run along Windsor Road between Windsor and Showground while State Route 40 used to run along the entire stretch of Windsor Road from Northmead to Windsor. The opening of the M2 Hills Motorway forced Metroad 2 to realign to Old Windsor Road and Metroad 2 was decommissioned on this section of the road. In 2007, State Route 40 was realigned to Old Windsor Road and the northern section of Windsor Road. As a result, this section has had no route allocation since then.

Road classification

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. 184 was declared along this road on 8 August 1928, from the intersection with

Pennant Hills Road Pennant Hills Road, a section of Cumberland Highway, is a major urban highway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road links the suburb of Wahroonga in the northeast, to the major central business district of Parramatta in the s ...

just north of Parramatta to Windsor (and continuing westwards via Richmond, Bilpin and Bell to the intersection with

Great Western Highway Great Western Highway (also known as Broadway from to , Parramatta Road from Chippendale to , and Church Street through Parramatta) is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurst, ...

at Mount Victoria).

Former route allocations

Windsor Road has had few but continually-changing former route allocations. Where and when the former route numbers were implemented are stated below. ''Windsor – Kellyville:'' * State Route 40 * Metroad 2 * A2 ''Kellyville – Castle Hill:'' * State Route 40 * Metroad 2 *unallocated: ''Castle Hill – Northmead:'' * State Route 40 *unallocated:

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