Camden Valley Way

Camden Valley Way
New South Wales
General information
Type Road
Length 24 km (15 mi)[1]
Route number(s) Tourist Drive 12
Major junctions
NE end
 
SW end
Location(s)
Major suburbs Leppington, Narellan

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, 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, all of the route currently has four lanes (two lanes in each direction) with a median strip between Camden and the M7 interchange at Prestons. It became an important arterial road serving the fast-growing Sydney's South West Growth Centre.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Camden Valley Way, Prestons NSW 2170 to 105 Old Hume Hwy, Camden NSW 2570, Australia (Map). Google Maps. 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Camden Valley Way upgrade". Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  3. ↑ http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/State%20Routes/89/sr89.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.gcc.nsw.gov.au/south+west-22.html Archived 19 May 2009 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
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