Princes Motorway
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New South Wales
The Southern Freeway is a highway in the eastern part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It connects the Princes Highway to Waterfall ( south of Sydney in the Royal National Park ) with the Princes Highway in Yallah, a southern suburb of Wollongong. Currently, the road part of the Australian route is 1 (R1 ), but was out in the planning phase Highway Corridor F6.
Course
Freeway has two sections which are connected by a normal two-lane road. The northern branch begins at Waterfall in the Royal National Park where is the highway as a continuation of the Princes Highway (Met -1) to the south. The Princes Highway runs parallel to it as a state road 60 south. The first stage ends at Bulli Pass, about 15 km north of Wollongong.
The southern section begins in the northwestern suburbs of Wollongong and ends in Yallah, a southern suburb of the city a little later.
The road connecting the two parts called Mount Ousley Highway Road and takes as the main street coming from the west Picton Road ( S88) to.
Speed restrictions
On the northern motorway section between Waterfall and Bulli Pass the speed limit is 110 km / h On connection to the Mount Ousley Road the speed limit drops to 80 km / h. The Mount Ousley Road itself may be driven up to 100 km / h, which also applies to the southern motorway section with Wollongong.
History
In its opening on 24 July 1975, the northern section of motorway from Waterfall to Bully pass was a toll road. At this highway was still missing the connection after Helensburgh, which was opened in February 2000. The obligation to pay the toll was for 20 years, 10 years less than originally planned. The most important reason for the abolition of the toll charge was brought by the residents that the Sydney - Newcastle Freeway was toll-free since 1988. This was so because the construction loans for this route at that time had been fully repaid. However, this was not the case on the F6 corridor.
After considerable pressure from the population, the toll requirement was lifted for the F6 corridor on 30 July 1995 because here the construction loans were repaid in full now. Remains of the toll booths can still be seen in Waterfall today. One of the toll lanes and very faded road markings are still visible. Similarly, there are signs on the toll road covered in Waterfall, at Bulli Pass and on the Appin Road connected there ( S69 ).
Extension
Actually, the plan in 1948 an extension of the F6 corridor from Waterfall to the north before. The corridor should extend through the Royal National Park to St. Peters (north of Kingsford Smith International Airport).
From the proposed extension, there is still only the Captain Cook Bridge over the Georges River and a short connecting piece in the form of Taren Point Road on the south bank of the river. In 1962, the construction of the bridge, which was opened in May 1965. So you replaced a ferry service which had existed since 1916.
Intersections and connections
Source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. Pp. 22, 25, 35