A3 (Sydney)

"Metroad 3" redirects here. For the Metroad 3 in Brisbane, see Metroad 3, Brisbane.

A3

(numerous constituent roads)

New South Wales
Looking south along King Georges Road at Roselands
A3 (Sydney) is located in Sydney
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Length51.3 km (32 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928[2]
Route number(s) A3 (2013–present)
Former
route number
  • Metroad 3 (1993–2013)
  • State Route 33 (1974–1993)
  • Ring Road 3 (1964–1974)
  • (Mona Vale–Rhodes, Wiley Park–Blakehurst)
  • Metroad 3 (1993–2013)
  • State Route 33 (1992–1993)
  • (Rhodes–Wiley Park)
Major junctions
North end Pittwater Road
Mona Vale, Sydney
 
South end Princes Highway
Blakehurst, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbsTerrey Hills, Pymble, Macquarie Park, Ryde, Rhodes, Sydney Olympic Park, Chullora, Wiley Park, Beverly Hills, Hurstville
Highway system
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The A3 is a route designation of a major metropolitan arterial route through suburban Sydney, connecting the A8 at Mona Vale at its northern end, to Princes Highway at Blakehurst at its southern end. 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: Mona Vale Road, Ryde Road, Lane Cove Road, Devlin Street, Church Street, Concord Road, Homebush Bay Drive, Centenary Drive, Roberts Road, Wiley Avenue and King Georges Road.

It is a major connector between most of the major radial routes emanating from central Sydney, and a major link between the northern and southern parts of the Sydney tolled orbital freeway. It is the most direct, although not necessarily the quickest, route across Sydney between the South Coast and the North Coast. It is one of only three road connections between the Northern Beaches region of Sydney and the rest of Sydney (the other two being routes A38 and A8.

  1. ^ "A3 road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  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.