A6 (Sydney)

A6

(numerous constituent roads)

New South Wales
Alfords Point Bridge
A6 (Sydney) is located in Sydney
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length40.8 km (25 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928[2]
Route number(s) A6 (2013–present)
Former
route number
  • Metroad 6 (1999–2013)
  • State Route 45 (1974–1999)
Major junctions
North end Cumberland Highway
Carlingford, Sydney
 
South end Princes Highway
Heathcote, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbsEastwood, Ermington, Silverwater, Auburn, Lidcombe, Chullora, Bankstown, Alfords Point, Menai, Barden Ridge, Lucas Heights
Highway system
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The A6 is a route designation of a major metropolitan arterial route through suburban Sydney, linking Cumberland Highway at Carlingford and Princes Highway at Heathcote, via Lidcombe and Bankstown. This name covers a few consecutive roads and is widely known to most drivers, but the entire allocation is also known – and signposted – by the names of its constituent parts: Marsden Road, Stewart Street, Kissing Point Road, Silverwater Road, St Hilliers Road, Boorea Street, Olympic Drive, Joseph Street, Rookwood Road, Stacey Street, Fairford Road, Davies Road, Alfords Point Road, New Illawarra Road and Heathcote Road.

  1. ^ "A6 road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.