Metroad 6
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The Metroad 6 or M6 is one of Sydney, Australia's Metroads. It travels on the Nic Lepouris Highway from the Metroad 1 at Princes Highway, Heathcote to Pennant Hills Road/Pacific Highway, at Pearces Corner Hornsby.
Metroad 6 is the former State Route 45. The Pennant Hills Road section of Metroad 6 was duplex part of Metroad 7 until Metroad 7 was reassigned from Cumberland Highway to the Westlink M7 motorway when it was opened in December 2005. Prior to then, Metroad 6 terminated at the Marsden Rd/Pennant Hills Rd intersection in Carlingford.
It is believed that this route will be known as the A6 when alphanumerical route numbering is introduced in New South Wales.
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Metroad 6 changes names several times as it passes through the city. Its names from Heathcote to Wahroonga are: Heathcote Road, New Illawarra Road, Old Illawarra Road, Alfords Point Road, Davies Road, Fairford Road (junction with the M5 South Western Motorway, Stacey Street, Rookwood Road, Joseph Street, Olympic Drive, St. Hilliers Road, Silverwater Road (junction with M4 Western Motorway), Stewart Street, Marsden Road, Pennant Hills Rd (Cumberland Highway) (junction with M2 Hills Motorway.
It provides a link from Hills Motorway, the northern and western suburbs to the inner western suburbs, Bankstown and the Princes Highway southbound along the eastern coast of NSW, although it is not necessarily the optimal route to take. Some stretches such as Silverwater Road, Alfords Point Road, New Illawarra Road and Heathcote Road have very few junctions or are in (currently) rural areas, and the speed limit is therefore relaxed slightly.
