Pennant Hills Road
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Pennant Hills Road New South Wales |
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| Pennant Hills Road at Thornleigh in 2016 | |
| Coordinates | 33°45′35″S 151°2′57″E / 33.75972°S 151.04917°ECoordinates: 33°45′35″S 151°2′57″E / 33.75972°S 151.04917°E |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
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| Major suburbs | Wahroonga, Normanhurst, Thornleigh, Pennant Hills, West Pennant Hills, Carlingford, North Parramatta, Parramatta |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales |
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A28
No Shield
Metroad 2
Metroad 6
Metroad 7
State Route 55
State Route 77
Beecroft Road
Marsden Road
The Pennant Hills Road, a 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) section of the Cumberland Highway (A28), is a major urban highway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road links the suburb of Wahroonga in the northeast, to the major central business district of Parramatta in the southwest.
In 2015 NRMA members voted the Pennant Hills Road as the second worst road in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, with approximately 5,000 heavy vehicle movements per day. The NorthConnex, presently under construction with an expected completion date of 2019, will link the M2 Hills Motorway at West Pennant Hills with the Pacific Highway and Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga via a 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) motorway tunnel that aims to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow along part of the Pennant Hills Road.
The road begins in the northern suburb of Wahroonga at Pearce's Corner, the intersection with the Pacific Highway, north-west of the Sydney CBD, and south-east of Hornsby. The Pacific Motorway (M1) ends a few hundred metres south of Pearce's Corner at an intersection with Pennant Hills Road. From here, the road passes through the Hornsby Shire suburbs of Normanhurst, Thornleigh and Pennant Hills. In Thornleigh there is a major intersection with The Comenarra Parkway, an arterial road which begins as Yanko Road in West Pymble. In the evening this intersection can get quite busy, and is often characterised by bumper to bumper traffic on the Comenarra Parkway, as motorists attempt to turn either left or right onto Pennant Hills Road. The Parkway has become somewhat of a through route from the North Shore suburbs as well as the City, with some motorists choosing to avoid Epping Road and The M2 Motorway and travel west through the Parkway.
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