The Bayswater Road is a
minor
street in the
Kings Cross district of
Sydney,
New South Wales
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, Australia.
Route
The street's western terminus is located in at the junction with Darlinghurst Road. From this point the street heads east over a short rise and down a hill towards where, east of Ward Avenue and west of Roslyn Street, vehicular traffic in the street able to head in
one way direction, from west to east only. At Roslyn Street, through traffic is not permitted, with all traffic directed north on Roslyn Street. East of the junction of Roslyn Street and Bayswater Road, southbound traffic on Roslyn Street is also directed one way, east, on Bayswater Road. From this point Bayswater Road
merges with
William Street and, adjacent to Rushcutters Bay Park, the street continues as
New South Head Road
New South Head Road, is a major road in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, linking the inner-eastern suburb of Rushcutters Bay to the southern reaches of the South Head peninsula.
Route
New South Head Road runs north-east from Rushcutters Bay t ...
.
History
The western end of the street is lined with nightspots, eateries, adult venues, dance clubs hotels, and is a popular destination for both Sydneysiders and tourists. It is considered to be a more upmarket precinct of Kings Cross, when compared with Darlingurst Road.
A busy
electric tramway
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
to
Watsons Bay
Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra. ...
once ran down the thoroughfare, this was closed in 1960, replaced by buses.
[Keenan, D. (1979), ''Tramways of Sydney''. Transit Press: Sydney, p. 2]
See also
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City of Sydney
The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established by Act of Parliament in 1842, th ...
References
Streets in Sydney
Kings Cross, New South Wales
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