King Georges Road is a 9.0-kilometre-long (5.6 mi)[1] major suburban arterial road through south-western Sydney, Australia. It is a constituent part of the A3 route.
King Georges Road | |
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| King Georges Road, Roselands | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 9.0 km (5.6 mi)[1] |
| Gazetted | February 1929[2] |
| Route number(s) |  A3 (2013–present) |
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| Major junctions | |
| Northwest end | Wiley Avenue Wiley Park, Sydney |
| Southeast end |  Princes HighwayBlakehurst, Sydney |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Roselands, Beverly Hills, Penshurst, Hurstville |
Route
editKing Georges Road commences at the intersection of Wiley Avenue and Punchbowl Road in Wiley Park and heads in a southeasterly direction as a six-lane, dual-carriageway road, meeting Canterbury Road at Roselands. After crossing M5 Motorway at Beverly Hills, the road narrows to a four-lane, single-carriageway road before eventually terminating at an intersection with Princes Highway at Blakehurst.
History
editThe passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924[3] through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (later Transport for NSW). Main Road 315 was declared on 19 February 1929, from the intersection with Wiley Avenue and Punchbowl Road along Wiley Avenue, Canary Road and Belmore Road to Hurstville (and continuing south along Woniora Road to meet Princes Highway at Blakehurst, and continuing north along Punchbowl Road, The Boulevarde, Concord Road, to Great Western Highway in Strathfield);[2] with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929[4] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Road 315 on 8 April 1929.
Previously known as Wiley's Ave between Punchbowl Road and Canterbury Road, Canary's Road between Canterbury Road and Beverly Hills, Dumbleton Road between Beverly Hills and Penshurst, and Belmore Road between Penshurst and Blakehurst,[5] it was renamed King Georges Road, between Punchbowl Road in Lakemba and Princes Highway in Blakehurst on 24 September 1952,[6] presumably in honour of the late King George VI who had died the previous February. The southern end of Main Road 315 between Hurstville and Blakeville was later re-aligned to follow the entire length of King Georges Road (and terminate at Princes Highway some distance south than its previous intersection at Woniora Road) on 11 November 1964.[7]
King Georges Road was initially designated to become part of a major north–south metropolitan arterial route in 1964, when the route incorporating other existing local arterial roads from Mona Vale to Blakehurst were designated Ring Road 3.[8]
King Georges Road was re-gazetted to become part of Main Road 200 (continuing north along Wiley Avenue, Roberts Road, Centenary and Homebush Bay Drives), subsuming the southern half of Main Road 315 (its northern half along Punchbowl Road, was made part of Main Road 549, and from Stathfield along The Boulevard, was replaced by part of Main Road 668), on 22 January 1993.[9]
The passing of the Roads Act of 1993[10] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, King Georges Road retains its declaration as part of Main Road 200.[11]
King Georges Road was allocated part of Ring Road 3 in 1964, before it was replaced with State Route 33 in 1974, then re-designated part of Metroad 3 in April 1993.[12] With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 3 was replaced by route A3.[13]
Major intersections
edit| LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Canterbury-Bankstown | Punchbowl–Lakemba–Wiley Park tripoint | 0.0 | 0.0 | Wiley Avenue – Greenacre, North Ryde, Mona Vale | Route A3 continues north along Wiley Avenue |
| Punchbowl Road – Punchbowl, Strathfield South | |||||
| Wiley Park | 0.6 | 0.37 | Bankstown railway line | ||
| Wiley Park–Roselands boundary | 1.5 | 0.93 |  Canterbury Road (A34) – Liverpool, Punchbowl, Canterbury | ||
| Canterbury-Bankstown–Georges River boundary | Beverly Hills | 3.1 | 1.9 |   M5 Motorway (M5) – Prestons, Liverpool, Sydney Airport | |
| Georges River | 3.8 | 2.4 | East Hills railway line | ||
| 4.3 | 2.7 | Stoney Creek Road – Peakhurst, Bexley | |||
| Penshurst–Hurstville boundary | 5.8 | 3.6 | Forest Road – Lugarno, Arncliffe | ||
| 6.0 | 3.7 | South Coast railway line | |||
| Blakehurst | 9.0 | 5.6 | Stuart Street – Blakehurst | ||
| Princes Highway (A1) – Newtown, Heathcote, Wollongong | Southern terminus of road and route A3 | ||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c "King Georges Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 37. National Library of Australia. 15 March 1929. p. 1275. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
- ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. Archived 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929
- ^ Gregory's Street Directory of Sydney and Suburbs, First edition, 1934. The Australia Guide Book Co. Ltd.
- ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1951". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 215. National Library of Australia. 17 October 1952. p. 3718. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1963". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 140. National Library of Australia. 11 December 1964. p. 4007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ Sydney Ring Road, Ozroads. Retrieved 16 June 2013.[self-published source]
- ^ "State Roads Act". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 7. National Library of Australia. 22 January 1993. pp. 223–30. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes. Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
- ^ Transport for NSW (August 2022). "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Metroad 3 History". Ozroads. Retrieved 16 June 2013.[self-published source]
- ^ "Road number and name changes in NSW" (PDF). Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.