Bradfield Highway (Sydney)

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States:

New South Wales

The Bradfield Highway is an urban motorway in the center of Sydney in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales. It connects the Cahill Expressway and the Western Distributor in the city center of Sydney with the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is part of this highway, the one with 2.4 km length of the shortest in the country.

The highway was named after Dr. John Bradfield, an engineer who oversaw the tender for the construction of the bridge.

History

The Bradfield Highway was opened in 1932. In August 1992, the Sydney Harbour Tunnel was opened, which contributes to the reduction of traffic congestion on the highway.

2001, almost 159 587 vehicles per day the Bradfield Highway.

Expansion of state

The Bradfield Highway is six lanes on the eight-lane bridge. The other two tracks are part of the Cahill Expressway, which runs just to the south in the area of the bridge. During peak times, the direction of travel is changed to three of these tracks, so 2-5 tracks to the north and the other to the south run. Outside peak hours run four lanes northbound and two southbound. The direction of travel is displayed electronically controlled on each strip. The lanes are numbered from west to east. Until 1990, one could also reverse the direction of travel of the 6th track, which is no longer possible but because of the connection of the tunnel.

Intersections and connections

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. Page 21 22