General Holmes Drive

General Holmes Drive

New South Wales
General Holmes Drive, looking south-west from the Sydney Airport overpass
General Holmes Drive is located in Sydney
Northeast end
Northeast end
Southwest end
Southwest end
Coordinates
General information
TypeMotorway
Length5.0 km (3.1 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928[2]
Route number(s)
  • M1 (2013–present)
    (Botany–Kyeemagh)
  • A1 (2013–present)
    (Kyeemagh–Brighton-Le-Sands)
Former
route number
  • Metroad 1 (1993–2013)
    (Botany–Brighton-Le-Sands)
  • National Route 1 (1992–1993)
    (Botany–Brighton-Le-Sands)
  • State Route 64 (1974–1992)
    (Botany–Brighton-Le-Sands)
Major junctions
Northeast endJoyce Drive
Mascot, Sydney
 
Southwest end The Grand Parade
Brighton-Le-Sands, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbsSydney Airport
Highway system
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General Holmes Drive is a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) major divided road located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road forms part of the M1, the A1, the Sydney Orbital Network, and the Australian Highway 1 network. Initially built in 1919 as a two-lane road and duplicated in 1951, the road partially circumnavigates Sydney Airport with its north-eastern terminus in Mascot, heading west and then south and then south-west, with its south-western terminus with The Grand Parade in Brighton-Le-Sands.[3]

The road forms major links with the Southern Cross Drive and the M5 East, both part of the Sydney Orbital Network.

The road is named in honour of William Holmes, a distinguished Australian general who died in action during World War I.[4]

  1. ^ "General Holmes Drive" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 13 June 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.
  3. ^ "Southern Cross Drive and General Holmes Drive". Ozroads. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Major General William Holmes". Monument Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2023.