Southern Cross Drive | |
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Aerial view of Southern Cross Drive in 2012, with Botany Lakes and Mill Steam astride the road | |
Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Motorway |
Length | 4.9 km (3.0 mi)[1] |
Gazetted | January 1993[2] |
Route number(s) | M1 (2013–present) |
Former route number |
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Major junctions | |
North end | South Dowling Street Kensington, Sydney |
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South end | General Holmes Drive Mascot, Sydney |
Location(s) | |
Major suburbs / towns | Eastlakes, Pagewood, Rosebery |
Highway system | |
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Southern Cross Drive is a 4.8 km (3 mi) dual carriage untolled motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1 and Sydney Orbital Network, the road, a freeway that opened in 1969, links South Dowling Street (and Eastern Distributor just beyond) at Kensington in the north to General Holmes Drive at Sydney Airport in the south.