Parramatta Road
|
Parramatta Road New South Wales |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Parramatta Road, near its eastern end | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Opened | 1811 |
| Route number(s) |
|
| Former route number |
|
| East end |
 Broadway (A34), Chippendale, Sydney
|
| West end |
 Church Street, Granville, Sydney
|
| Major suburbs | Ultimo, Chippendale, Glebe, Camperdown |
No shield
A4
Metroad 4 (1992-2000)
State Route 44 (1992-2013)
Parramatta Road is the major historical east-west artery of metropolitan Sydney, Australia, connecting the Sydney CBD with Parramatta. It is the easternmost part of the Great Western Highway. Much of its traffic has been diverted to modern expressways such as the M4 and the City West Link Road.
The road begins in the east as a continuation of George Street and Broadway and skirts the southern contours of Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River to Parramatta. On its 23 kilometres (14 mi) long strip, the road is filled with pubs, shops and car yards. Though, at the same time, it has over 100 abandoned and derelict stores. Owing to this and its abrasively noisy traffic, it has rarely been considered beautiful.
Opened in 1811, it is one of Sydney's oldest road and Australia's first highway between two cities. Today, over 3 million commuters every year drive Parramatta Road. The road is the hub of Sydney's motor dealership industry - with 67% of the adjacent land use devoted to motor retailing and services.
Parramatta was settled by Europeans in the same year (1788) as Sydney. The Parramatta River was used as navigation between them. Sometime between 1789 and 1791 an overland track was made to provide an official land route between the two settlements.
Parramatta Road dates to the 1792 formation of a route linking Sydney to the settlement of Parramatta, formalised under the direction of Surveyor-General Augustus Alt in 1797. Parramatta Road became one of the colony's most important early roadways, and for many years remained one of Sydney's premier thoroughfares.
...
Wikipedia