Meccano Set
Meccano Set New South Wales | |
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Meccano Set | |
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General information | |
Type | Road junction |
Junction type | Controlled at-grade intersection |
Location | Lansdowne / Villawood |
Opened | December 1962 |
Built by | Department of Main Roads |
Maintained by | Roads & Maritime Services |
Roads at junction |
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Location(s) | |
LGA(s) | Canterbury-Bankstown Council |
The Meccano Set is an overhead gantry located above a busy controlled at-grade road intersection located at the boundary between Lansdowne and Villawood in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The intersection is a junction where the Hume Highway, Henry Lawson Drive and Woodville Road intersect.
In December 1962 a large overhead gantry with directional signs and traffic lights, was erected by the Department of Main Roads.[1] It quickly nicknamed with reference to the children's construction toy Meccano. At that stage, the intersection was a junction for through traffic between Brisbane and Melbourne. Although this was superseded by the Cumberland Highway in August 1988, it remains an important intersection.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "The Old Hume Highway – History begins with a road" (PDF). Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales; Australian Government. May 2013. p. 13.
- ↑ "Consultation on the future of the Meccano Set". Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20.
- ↑ Georgakopoulos, Chris (9 June 2015). "Meccano set future on hold". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
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