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6 unusual facts about Sydney Bypass


Cumberland Highway

The original western Sydney Bypass was Ring Road 5, which ran from the Pacific Highway and the Hume Highway with Parramatta in between.

Pennant Hills Road

Recently the Government has been examining a number of options to link the F3 with the M2 motorway as part of a freeway standard Sydney Bypass.

Sydney Bypass

On 17 February 2007, the Hon Jim Lloyd MP (the federal Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads) announced the establishment of an independent review of the F3 to M7 Corridor Selection.

For decades, it has been desired to construct a Freeway standard bypass of Sydney as part of the National Highway, connecting the Pacific Motorway to the Hume Motorway to allow through traffic to be separated from local traffic.

Such disjointed segments of freeway can be seen in such places as Hunters Hill near Gladesville Bridge, where segments of the North West Freeway were constructed.

Sydney Orbital Network

Link to the M1 Pacific Motorway – The final stage of a motorway standard Sydney Bypass, a tunnel under Pennant Hills Road is in the planning stages.



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