The James Ruse Drive is a
urban freeway (North of Hassall Street/River Road West) and highway (south of Hassall Street) located to the east and north of
Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
, in
Western Sydney
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, Australia.
The road's southeastern terminus is located at the
T-intersection with
Parramatta Road
Parramatta Road is the major historical east-west artery of metropolitan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, connecting the Sydney CBD with Parramatta. It is the easternmost part of the Great Western Highway. Since the 1990s its role has been a ...
in
Granville; with the road's northwestern terminus at the junction of the
Cumberland Highway
The Cumberland Highway is a long urban highway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highway links the Pacific Highway (A1/B83) and Pacific Motorway ( M1) at Pearces Corner, Wahroonga in the northeast with the Hume Highway (A22/ ...
and
Windsor Road in
Northmead
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 ...
. The road passes through six large interchanges, with the Parramatta Road, the
M4 Motorway
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,
Victoria Road, Kissing Point Road,
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 ...
, and Windsor Road.
History
The road was named in honour of
James Ruse, a convict who was given land in the Parramatta district, which he successfully developed into the colony's first sustainable farm. The original
Experiment Farm Cottage still exists on Ruse Street, Parramatta. James Ruse Drive was initially known as the Parramatta Bypass and was opened in stages.
The first 1.5 kilometre section from Victoria Road to Pennant Hills Road opened on 6 June 1977. The next 1.6 kilometre section from Pennant Hills Road interchange to Windsor Road opened on 10 September 1979. Stage 3 from Windsor Road to Kleins Road opened 19 September 1980, followed by stage 4 to Old Windsor Road on 21 December 1980. In July 1994 as part of a
grade separation
In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights (grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other tr ...
project, a bridge was built over James Ruse Drive at
Rydalmere
Rydalmere ''(formerly "Field of Mars")'' is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rydalmere is approximately 21 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parram ...
to eliminate the intersection with Victoria Road.
It has been allocated several route numbers, as follows: State route 53 (entire length from 1977–1988),
State Route 77 (Cumberland Highway 1988–1993), State route 55 (south of Cumberland Highway from 1988–2004), Metroad 7 (replaced SR77 from 1993–2005),
State route 40 (north of Victoria Road 2008/2009–2013) and A40 (replaces SR40 2007–2013).
James Ruse Drive
''Ozroads''. Retrieved on 14 May 2013.
Former route allocations
''Clyde – Parramatta:''
* State Route 53
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''Ozroads'', Retrieved on 9 June 2013.
Exits and interchanges
See also
* Highways in New South Wales
References
External links
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{{Streets of Sydney Australia, state=collapsed
Highways in Sydney
Transport infrastructure in Parramatta
Streets in Sydney