| Metroad 5 | |
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| Length: | 47 km (29 mi) |
| Existed: | February 1993 – present |
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Highways in Australia |
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Metroad 5 is a Metroad in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and a main arterial route linking Sydney's city centre to its south western suburbs and beyond. It links the Hume Highway to the Sydney airport where it joins Metroad 1. It took over National Highway 31's role in February 1993.
Metroad 5 starts from the Narellan Road interchange, Campbelltown, the one time southern extent of the South Western Freeway, and ends at General Holmes Drive (Metroad 1) near Sydney Airport, Mascot. Its entire length is now fully freeway standard. Metroad 5 plays an integral role in providing access between Sydney and Canberra without the use of traffic lights.
Metroad 5 is known as the Hume Highway until the Camden Valley Way interchange and thereafter M5 South Western Motorway to King Georges Road, Beverly Hills, then M5 East Freeway to General Holmes Drive. It is more or less parallel with State Route 54 (Newbridge Rd, Milperra Rd and Canterbury Rd) until Kingsgrove. From Kingsgrove, the M5 passes underground in a 4 km long tunnel, emerging briefly before again passing underground beneath the Cooks River, finally emerging above ground at General Holmes Drive (Metroad 1).
[End National Highway 31/Start Metroad 5]
Start of the South Western Motorway
Toll Plaza, Hammondville
End of South Western Motorway
Start of M5 East Freeway
Start of Main Tunnel
End Main Tunnel
Start of Cooks River Tunnel
[End Metroad 5, joins Metroad 1 to city and north coast via Eastern Distributor.]
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