NorthConnex
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NorthConnex New South Wales |
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| Type | Motorway (Under construction) |
| Length | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
| Opened | 2019 (expected) |
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| Major suburbs / towns | Normanhurst, Thornleigh, Pennant Hills |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales |
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NorthConnex is a 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) motorway tunnel under construction in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. When completed it will connect the M1 Pacific Motorway to the M2 Hills Motorway. It was previously known as the F3 to M2 link, then the M1 to M2 link after alpha numeric route numbers began to be used in New South Wales. The NorthConnex will link the north to the Sydney Orbital Network and form part of the National Highway route.
The link between the M1 and M2 is recognised in the NSW Government's State Infrastructure Strategy and the Transport for NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan as important infrastructure for freight traffic and the wider connectivity within NSW to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow along Pennant Hills Road.
The M1 Pacific Motorway was originally planned to continue as the Lane Cove Valley Expressway, which was to join the North Western Expressway, leading to the Sydney Central Business District via Gladesville Bridge and the Western Distributor, but those plans were cancelled in 1977. By the time the M1 Pacific Motorway was extended to Wahroonga in 1989, there was no plan for a motorway route continuing beyond that location.
In 2001, at the same time as announcing commencement of the M7, the Federal Government proposed that the M7 would form part of a bypass route, with a new road branching off the M1 Pacific Motorway near Mount White and crossing the Hawkesbury River with a new high-level bridge to join the M7 at its distinct northwestern corner at Dean Park. Hence, the road would avoid the steep grades of the Mount White section of the Pacific Motorway immediately north of the existing low-level bridges across the Hawkesbury River and would be a quite direct bypass of Sydney that would be separated from much of Sydney's commuter traffic.
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