Western distributor
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| Operator: | Roads and Maritime Services | ||||||||||||
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 Bradfield Highway Cahill Expressway Sydney Center ( NSW ) ( 33 ° 52 ′ S , 151 ° 12 ′ E ) |
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 City West Link Victoria Road Rozelle ( Sydney ) ( NSW ) ( 33 ° 52 ′ S , 151 ° 11 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 4 km | ||||||||||||
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Map with all coordinates: The Western Distributor is a short city motorway in the center of Sydney in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales . It connects the Bradfield Highway and the Cahill Expressway in central Sydney with Victoria Road and the City West Link in Rozelle .
history
The Western distributor was planned in the 1960s when it was clear that the access roads to the Sydney Harbor Bridge that existed at the time could already accommodate the traffic volumes of that time, and certainly not the traffic volumes forecast for the future. Because of the existing infrastructure and buildings in the area, it was decided to build a viaduct to carry traffic over the city streets.
The new street was opened in stages from September 1972. The last stage was the ANZAC Bridge in December 1995. The Western distributor replaced the constantly congested route out of the city center via the Pyrmont Bridge (closed in 1988) and the Glebe Island Bridge (closed in 1995).
Abandoned route section
Below the Western Distributor, there is an abandoned carriageway at its north end, between Sussex Street and Kent Street . It is a short stretch of high-altitude freeway. The lane above is in constant use, but the lower one is suspended in the air; it was disconnected at both ends.
course
The Western Distributor is an unusual highway. Inward of the city it leads to the east, to the southeast after the ANZAC Bridge, again to the east, to the north and then finally to the northeast. It distributes traffic from the north of the city (hence the name), collects traffic from the city center and distributes it through Pyrmont and Ultimo before taking it over the ANZAC Bridge. In the direction of the city, it picks up traffic from Victoria Road (S40) and City West Link (Met-4), as well as from various entrances from Pyrmont and Ultimo . The traffic is distributed to the city center via various exits in Pyrmont and the western city center, as well as via the Cross-City-Tunnel (S76). The remaining traffic is routed to the Bradfield Highway (Met-1) as it is not possible to turn onto the Cahill Expressway (Met-1). (If you are traveling east on the Western Distributor and want to go to the eastern edge of the city center, you have to turn into the Cross City Tunnel or drive through the congested downtown streets.)
Planned expansion
When the Western Distributor was built, this was part of the F3 Freeway Corridor , which was planned as the North West Freeway . Due to protests by the population in the inner city, these plans never came to fruition.
Web links
source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , pp. 21 + 22