Southern Freeway

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Southern Freeway
1
Length  ?? kilometres
General direction: North-South
Northern section:
From: Waterfall, Sydney
To: Bulli Tops, NSW
Southern section:
From: Gwyneville, Wollongong
To: Yallah, Wollongong
Towns along freeway: Helenburgh, Unanderra, Dapto

Southern Freeway is a freeway linking Sydney to Wollongong. It currently is designated as part of National Route 1, however was formerly signposted as F6 (Freeway Route 6) under a former route numbering system, and is commonly known by this latter name.

The Southern Freeway is comprised of two sections: the northern section between Waterfall and Bulli Tops interchange and the southern section between Wollongong suburb of Gwynweville to Yallah, where it rejoins with Princes Highway. Mount Ousley Road connects these two sections together.

As Wollongong and Port Kembla are important industrial centres, freight traffic is heavy. Despite the current decline of the local steel industry, emergence of Wollongong as a commuter city of Sydney has kept the freeway busy.

[edit] Track

At the north, it starts at Waterfall, taking more or less a parallel route with Princes Highway until the sprawling Bulli Tops interchange (with Appin Road (State Route 69) and Princes Highway). There it continues downhill, avoiding the steep Bulli Pass, as Mount Ousley Road (dual carriageway) and bypasses the city of Wollongong CBD. The F6 reemerges at Gwyneville and continues for 20km until Yallah where it rejoins the Princes Highway.

[edit] Interchanges

Northern section:

  • Princes Highway, Waterfall
  • Princes Highway/Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Helenburgh
  • Appin Rd/Princes Highway, Bulli Tops
  • Mt Ousley Rd, Bulli Tops

Southern Section:

  • Mount Ousley Rd, Mt Ousley
  • Northern Distributor (Wollongong CBD spur), Gwyneville
  • Princes Highway, West Wollongong
  • Masters Rd, Mt St Thomas
  • Five Islands Rd, Unanderra
  • Northcliffe Dr, Unanderra
  • Kanahooka Rd, Thirroul
  • Fowlers Rd, Dapto
  • Princes Highway, Yallah


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
Transport in Sydney | [edit]
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