Parramatta Road

Parramatta Road

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General information
TypeRoad
Length23 km (14 mi)
Opened1811
Route number(s)
Former
route number
see Former route allocations
Major junctions
East end Broadway
Chippendale, Sydney
 
West end Church Street
Granville, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbsUltimo, Chippendale, Glebe, Camperdown, Forest Lodge, Annandale, Stanmore, Leichhardt. Petersham, Lewisham, Haberfield, Summer Hill Ashfield. Five Dock, Croydon, Concord, Burwood, Strathfield, Homebush, Auburn
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Parramatta Road is the major historical east-west artery of metropolitan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, connecting the Sydney CBD with Parramatta. It is the easternmost part of the Great Western Highway. Since the 1990s its role has been augmented by the City West Link and M4 Motorway.

The road begins in the east as a continuation of George Street, which becomes Broadway west of Harris Street, and Parramatta Road west of the City Road junction, and ends at the junction with Church Street in Parramatta. Its 23 kilometres (14 mi) distance is dominated by caryards and small marginally-viable shops. At the same time, however, it has over 100 abandoned and derelict stores.[1][2] Owing to this and its abrasively noisy traffic, it has rarely been considered beautiful.[3]

Opened in 1811, it is one of Sydney's oldest roads and Australia's first road between two cities (before Sydney and Parramatta coalesced). As at 2015, over three million commuters every year drove Parramatta Road.[4] The road is the hub of Sydney's motor dealership industry - with 67% of the adjacent land used for motor retailing and services.

  1. ^ "City's main artery a desolate wasteland". The Daily Telegraph. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ "AV Union". Time Out Sydney, Nicholas Adams. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Renew project targets Forum". Alt Media, Mason McCann. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ^ "PARRAMATTA ROAD – History". Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.