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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| Northeast end | Joyce Drive Mascot, Sydney |
| Southwest end |  The Grand ParadeBrighton-Le-Sands, Sydney |
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| Major suburbs | Sydney Airport |
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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]
- ^ "General Holmes Drive" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Southern Cross Drive and General Holmes Drive". Ozroads. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Major General William Holmes". Monument Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2023.