Metroad 3

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This article is about Metroad 3 in Sydney. For Metroad 3 in Brisbane, see Metroad 3, Brisbane.

Metroad 3 marker

Metroad 3 is a Metroad in Sydney, New South Wales Australia. It follows what was previously State Route 33, from Mona Vale to Blakehurst. It has many names as it goes through different suburbs. Some of these are Mona Vale Road, Ryde Road, Lane Cove Road, Concord Road and Homebush Bay Drive. It is also known as Devlin Street, Church Street, Ryde, Centenary Drive, Roberts Road, Wiley Avenue and King Georges Road.

Metroad 3 is the inner western Sydney ring road. In its previous incarnations, it was Ring Road 3 in the 1970s and State Route 33 in the 1980s. It is the main thoroughfare for the inner western suburbs and the Northern Beaches and links them to all major arterials. It does not have any stretch of freeway and is very congested during peak hours, especially on the 2 lane sections of road.

It was upgraded to 3 lanes in each direction during the late 1970's & 1980's, between North St Ives, and the M5 Motorway at Beverly Hills. It remains, however, 2 lanes in each direction between Beverley Hills and South Hurstville at the southern end, and between St Ives and Terry Hills to the north. From Terry Hills to its northern termination at Mona Vale, it is mostly 1 lane in each direction.

It crosses Pacific Highway (Metroad 1) at Pymble, M2 Hills Motorway (Metroad 2) at Macquarie Park, New South Wales, M4 Western Motorway (Metroad 4) at Homebush and M5 South Western Motorway (Metroad 5) at Beverly Hills. It terminates at the Princes Highway junction at Blakehurst. King Georges Road is a major section of this route from Blakehurst to Wiley Park.

It is believed that this route will be known as the A3 when alphanumerical road numbering is introduced in New South Wales in the near future.

Major road infrastructure in Sydney
Motorways	Cross City Motorway | Eastern Distributor | Lane Cove Tunnel | M2 Hills Motorway | M4 Western Motorway | M5 South Western Motorway | Westlink M7
Freeways	Southen Cross Drive | Southern Freeway | Sydney-Newcastle Freeway | Warringah Freeway | Gore Hill Freeway
Metroads	Metroad 1 | Metroad 2 | Metroad 3 | Metroad 4 | Metroad 5 | Metroad 6 | Metroad 7 | Metroad 9 | Metroad 10
Bridges & Tunnels	Sydney Harbour Bridge | Sydney Harbour Tunnel | Anzac Bridge | Gladesville Bridge | Fig Tree Bridge | Tarban Creek Bridge
Conceptual Plans	Sydney Orbital Motorway | Sydney Bypasses (past, present and proposed)
Categories	Category: Streets in Sydney | Category: Sydney highways
Other	M4 East (proposed) | Marrickville Tunnel (proposed) | North Western Expressway (abandoned)
Operators	Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales | Connector Motorways | State Wide Roads | Transurban | [edit]