General Holmes Drive | |
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General Holmes Drive, looking south-west from the Sydney Airport overpass | |
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General information | |
Type | Motorway |
Length | 5.0 km (3.1 mi)[1] |
Gazetted | August 1928[2] |
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Major junctions | |
Northeast end | Joyce Drive Mascot, Sydney |
Southwest end | ![]() Brighton-Le-Sands, Sydney |
Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | Sydney 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]