Southern Cross Drive

Southern Cross Drive

Aerial view of Southern Cross Drive in 2012, with Botany Lakes and Mill Steam astride the road
Southern Cross Drive is located in Sydney
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeMotorway
Length4.9 km (3.0 mi)[1]
GazettedJanuary 1993[2]
Route number(s) M1 (2013–present)
Former
route number
  • Metroad 1 (1993–2013)
  • National Route 1 (1992–1993)
  • State Route 64 (1974–1992)
Major junctions
North end South Dowling Street
Kensington, Sydney
 
  • Wentworth Avenue
  • Mill Pond Road
South end General Holmes Drive
Mascot, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs / townsEastlakes, 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.

  1. ^ "Southern Cross Drive" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ "State Roads Act". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 7. National Library of Australia. 22 January 1993. pp. 223–30. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.