Camden Valley Way
Camden Valley Way Old Hume Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 24 km (15 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  Tourist Drive 12 |
| Former route number |  State Route 89 |
| Major junctions | |
| NE end | Sir Roden Culter VC Memorial Interchange
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| SW end |
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| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Prestons, Edmondson Park, Leppington, Gledswood Hills, Gregory Hills, Catherine Field, Harrington Park |
The Camden Valley Way is a 24-kilometre (15 mi)[1] arterial road between Sydney and the historic town of Camden. Since 2018, all of the route is dual carriageway.[2]
The road follows the Old Hume Highway alignment between the localities of Casula and Camden. The northeastern terminus is from Prestons, skirting Camden via the Camden Bypass, with its southwestern terminus at Remembrance Drive which Is also named as Old Hume Highway, another part of the former Hume Highway near Camden South. The highlight of the Camden Bypass is the Macarthur Bridge, a 26-span, 1.03-kilometre-long (3,380 ft) concrete structure that carries the Camden Bypass across the Nepean River and its flood plain. The bridge was built between 1971 and 1973, originally to carry Hume Highway traffic, on a flood-free alignment around Camden.[3] This bypass was in turn bypassed in December 1980 when the section of what was then called the South Western Freeway (F5) from Campbelltown to Yerrinbool was opened. It has grown in importance as a major arterial road linking the Hume Motorway, WestLink M7 and M5 Motorway Roden Cutler Interchange at Prestons with Camden.[2]
Since 2018, by when it had become an important Arterial road serving the fast-growing Sydney’s South West Growth Centre, all of the route currently has four lanes (two lanes in each direction) with a median strip between the A9 The Northern Road Intersection and Edmondson Park[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Camden Valley Way, Prestons NSW 2170 to 105 Old Hume Hwy, Camden NSW 2570, Australia (Map). Google Maps. 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Camden Valley Way upgrade". Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/State%20Routes/89/sr89.htm [self-published source]
- ^ http://www.gcc.nsw.gov.au/south+west-22.html Archived 19 May 2009 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
