New South Head Road
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| Operator: | Roads and Maritime Services |
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 Cross City TunnelRushcutters Bay ( Sydney ) ( NSW ) ( 33 ° 53 ′ S , 151 ° 14 ′ E ) |
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Old South Head Road Vaucluse ( Sydney ) ( NSW ) ( 33 ° 51 ′ S , 151 ° 17 ′ E ) |
| Overall length: | 12 km |
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Map with all coordinates: The New South Head Road is a main road in the eastern suburbs of Sydney in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales . It connects the Cross City Tunnel in Rushcutters Bay with the Old South Head Road In: Vaucluse .
course
The New South Head Road begins at the western end of the Cross City Tunnel in the eastern suburb of Rushcutters Bay and runs northeast along the southeast of the bays of Sydney Harbor . It runs through the suburbs of Edgecliffe, Double Bay, Point Piper and Rose Bay . Finally it ends south of the South Head , where it meets the Old South Head Road (the connection to Bondi Beach ) in Vaucluse .
history
Maroo track
Before the construction of this road, the South Head Road (today: Old South Head Road / Oxford Street ) was the main connection to the southern cape of the port of Sydney. In 1831 the construction of the New South Head Road, the Maroo Track of the Aborigines, began followed. Until then, only Aborigines and the crew of the lookout at South Head will use this trail.
Construction of the first street
In the first few years construction progressed only slowly and parts of the road were only gradually built. It was hard work because of the coastal marshland (in Rushcutters Bay, Double Bay and Rose Bay) and sheer cliffs (in Vaucluse and Watsons Bay) on the route. In the bushland around the Maroo Track there should have been an extraordinary number of queues. From 1834 the work went faster and the road slowly took shape. Different bridges have been built over the years to cross Rushcutters Creek . The first wooden bridge was built in 1834, but was soon replaced by a stone bridge, which was built in 1837–1839 and was called "Bentley's Bridge". It was built by convicts under the supervision of Lieutenant ACD Bentley . At the end of the 1830s, the road from Rushcutters Bay to Vaucluse was finished and built so that it was suitable for horse-drawn carts. So for the residents of Sydney there was finally only one road along the south bank of the harbor.
South Head Road's Trust
Because of the poor condition of the New South Head Road and its southern predecessor, the Old South Head Road , the government founded a company in May 1848. Society should take care of maintaining the 24 km long road. The company levied a toll to finance the maintenance work. A toll booth was set up on New South Head Road and every user had to pay there. Much to the annoyance of the residents of the newly established suburbs at the South Head, such as Vaucluse, the company did not use the funds raised as intended and so the condition of the road remained poor until the company was finally dissolved in 1904.
Growing importance
After the new street was finished, a number of suburbs soon arose along it and with it a need for public and private services. At the end of the 19th century a number of schools were built along the road, including the Sacred Heart Convent (now Kincoppal , 1882), the Kambala Girls School (1884), the Ascham School (1886), and the Cranbrook School , the 20 years was later established in Rose Bay. In 1920 a Roman Catholic church, St Mary-Magdalene, was built there . Government buildings were also built along the road, such as the Police Station in Rose Bay (1930) and the Woollahra Council Chambers in Double Bay (1947). In addition, a number of recreational facilities such as parks, yacht clubs and the Royal Sydney Golf Club (1896) were built.
expansion
By the 1930s, New South Head Road had become a major thoroughfare connecting rich suburbs on the edge of the harbor with Sydney city center. The road itself had changed little since it was built and conditions had deteriorated further since the South Head Road's Trust was dissolved in 1904. So in 1932 fundamental improvement work began, which also included a widening for modern motor vehicles. The widening required the construction of levees in Rose Bay and Rushcutters Bay. Most of the levee at Rose Bay was completed by 1928, but Rushcutters Bay was not completed until late 1932. In 1970 the road was widened again and in the early 1980s it was expanded to four lanes.
tram
At the end of the 19th century, a tram line was laid on New South Head Road. The Watson's Bay Line drove from Wynyard and reached the New South Head Road in Rushcutters Bay, where north of the road was also the depot of the line. In 1894 the line was extended to Edgecliff and in 1909 there was another extension to Watson's Bay. In Vaucluse, where the New South Head Road became single lane, the tram line left the road again. When the street was first widened in the 1920s and early 1930s, the tram tracks were moved to the center of the street. In 1949 the tram line between Rose Bay and Watson's Bay was closed, but reopened in 1950 after public protest. In 1960, however, the entire line was discontinued despite protests.
today
Today the street serves as an important connection to downtown Sydney for the mostly middle and upper class suburbs of Woollahra City . There are frequent traffic jams, especially at rush hour. A number of bus routes operate on the road, such as lines 324, 325, 326, 327, L24 and the tourist bus line 222. Edgecliff has a larger bus depot and a train station. The Watson's Bay Ferry stops at various points along the road, such as Rose Bay and Double Bay. The New South Head Road is also on the route of the City2Surf people's run and is notorious for its steep climb from Rose Bay to Vaucluse (known as "Heartbreak Hill").
swell
- Rances Pollen (Ed.): The Book of Sydney Suburbs . Angus & Robertson Publishers, North Ryde 1990, ISBN 0-207-14495-8 .
- The Australian Council of National Trusts (ed.): Historic Houses of Australia . Cassell Australia, North Melbourne 1974, ISBN 0-304-93935-8 .
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , p. 22.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bentleys Bridge . In: Heritage and Conservation Register . Roads and Traffic Authority. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
- ↑ St. Mary Magdalene
- ↑ Interactive Map Video 2 (movie) In: City to Surf website . The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2007. Retrieved on April 12, 2007.