M4 Western Motorway
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New South Wales
The Western Motorway is an urban motorway in the western suburbs of Sydney in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales. The toll road connects the Parramatta Road in North Strathfield with the Great Western Highway at Lapstone.
History
The Western Motorway was originally in various stages of construction as F4 Western Freeway between the end of the 1960s and mid -1980s. Financial problems led government under Neville Wran in 1985 to return the last section between Mays Hill and Prospect. In December 1989, the construction of this section began as an operator model. In return for the financing of the project, Statewide Roads, the winner of the tender was granted the right to levy tolls for the section between James Ruse Drive and Silverwater Road, since in this area the traffic volume is much higher than on the funded route Mays Hill Prospect. Thus, a shorter period and lower tolls tolls were implemented. The toll concession of Statewide Roads ended 15 February 2010 and the operation of the highway fell back to the road traffic authorities.
The highway has mostly six lanes and is used during the day on weekdays and heavy traffic. Originally, the road had only four lanes, but was widened between 1998 and 2000. However, this did not lead to a resolution of the traffic congestion. Also a further widening would not improve the situation probably because the traffic jams because of the lack of extension of the expressway would move into town so only to the east.
Originally the mid -1950s should be planned expressway in the city center of Sydney start, but the eastern stretch was completed only from the city center to Pyrmont, and served as part of the Northwest Expressway ( Freeway Corridor F3) of the city centers of Sydney and Newcastle should connect. This section is now part of Western Distributor. From there it should be with the Western Expressway ( Freeway Corridor F4 ) and connect the Southern Expressway ( Freeway Corridor F6) in Glebe. The western end of the Western Freeway (so- called end of the 1960s ) should run in the neighborhood of Michell 's Pass by Blaxland, but due to protests and the fact that the historic Lennox Bridge was very close to the planned route, it was decided that the route end at the Russell Street Emu Plains in to leave until you have found a better solution. So you dealt Lapstone Hill, avoiding sharp turns at the entrance to Glenbrook. As of December 1989, the extension of the freeways of the Russell Street skirted west to the Great Western Highway at Governors Drive narrow, winding section of the Great Western Highway, including the historic Knapsack Bridge. In June 1993, the new section of motorway from Emu Plains to Lapstone was ready.
As a result of an election promise the Prime Minister Neville Wran made in 1976, which reserved for the Expressway plots between Pyrmont and Strathfield have been sold to developers and since 1977 were not as reserved for the freeway.
Metroad 4 East
An extension of the Metroad 4 was proposed and the relevant plans are already well advanced. This extension would lengthen the Met -4 east over their current end in Strathfield addition, about 5 km, so that they would join in Ashfield directly to the City West Link. A further expansion of the City West link would allow a crossing- free path from downtown Sydney to Parramatta. The government of New South Wales has recently introduced a AU $ 7.0 billion expensive plan to link the Metroad 4 with the Victoria Road, the City West Link and the airport. A system of tunnels should make this distinction.
Intersections and connections
Source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. Page 22 25