Southern Cross Drive

Southern Cross Drive New South Wales
General information
Type	Motorway
Length	3.5 km (2 mi)
Route number(s)	M1 Entire Route
Former route number	Metroad 1 (1993-2013) [1] National Route 1 (1991-1993)[2] State Route 64 (1974-1991)[3] Entire Route
Major junctions
North end	Eastern Distributor Kensington, Sydney
	Wentworth Avenue Botany Road
South end	General Holmes Drive Mascot, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns	Eastlakes, Pagewood
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales

Southern Cross Drive, southerly direction, at the Link Road, Rosebery entrance. Also visible are lane markings to notify motorists of the approaching southern entrance to the Eastern Distributor.

Crossing over Wentworth Avenue.

Southern Cross Drive is a major road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1, the freeway links the Eastern Distributor at Moore Park to General Holmes Drive at Sydney Airport. Eastlakes Golf Club runs alongside Southern Cross Drive. It was opened in 1969.

'Southern Cross Drive' is also the name of an important arterial road in Cape Town, South Africa, on the eastern side of Table Mountain.

The Sydney road was originally built to provide access to the Sydney central business district for suburbs in Southern Sydney and South-eastern Sydney.

With the development of many other motorways and freeways, Southern Cross Drive is part of the 110 kilometre Sydney Orbital Network, providing links without interruption between Greater Western Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, the North Shore and Hills District. It allows a continuous link from the M5 Motorway, General Holmes Drive, Westlink M7, Eastern Distributor, Cahill Expressway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Warringah Freeway, M4 Motorway, Gore Hill Freeway, Lane Cove Tunnel and the M2 Hills Motorway.

It has connection points at Mill Pond Drive / Botany Road, Wentworth Avenue, Link Road and O'dea / Todman Avenues. There are plans to construct south-facing ramps from Gardeners Road to Southern Cross Drive.^[4]

Exits and interchanges

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Randwick	Kensington	0	0	Eastern Distributor (M1) – Sydney CBD, Newcastle	North-eastern terminus; continues north as Eastern Distributor
Botany Bay	Eastlakes	2	1	Wentworth Avenue – Maroubra, Mascot	Northbound entry and southbound exit only
	Botany	3	2	Botany Road to General Holmes Drive – Botany, Mascot, Arncliffe, Sydney Airport	Northbound entry and southbound exit only
		4	2	General Holmes Drive (M1) – Wollongong	South-western terminus; continues west as General Holmes Drive
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

See also

• Freeways in Australia
• Freeways in Sydney

References