James Ruse Drive

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James Ruse Drive is a main thoroughfare route around Parramatta, in Western Sydney. It stretches from Windsor Road, Northmead in the north to Great Western Highway (Parramatta Road), Granville in the south. It forms a section of the State route number 55. It passes through five large interchanges, with Windsor Road, Pennant Hills Road, Kissing Point Road, Victoria Road and the M4 Western Motorway.

It is named after James Ruse, a convict who was given land in the Parramatta district, which he successfully developed into a farm. The original Experiment Farm Cottage still exists on Ruse Street, Parramatta.