Prospect Highway
The Prospect Highway is an 11.5-kilometre (7.1 mi)[1] secondary urban road located in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highway provides a free alternative link from the tolled M2 Hills and the Westlink M7 motorways in the northeast to the M4 Western Motorway in the southwest and further south.
Prospect Highway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 11.5 km (7.1 mi)[1] |
| Former route number |  State Route 63 (1992–1998) State Route 42 (1985–1992){Blacktown–Prospect) |
| Major junctions | |
| NE end |  M2 Hills MotorwayBaulkham Hills, Sydney |
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| SW end | Widemere Road Pemulwuy, Sydney |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Seven Hills, Prospect |
| Highway system | |
Background
The highway takes its name from the suburb Prospect, which it links to Baulkham Hills via Seven Hills. Like many highways in the Sydney area, it was formed by linking a series of local roads, including Abbott Road, Seven Hills Road, Wall Park Avenue, and Blacktown Road.[2][3]
Proposals
In 2015, the NSW Government Roads & Maritime Services commenced planning an upgrade of a 3.6-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the highway between Reservoir Road in Prospect to St Martins Crescent in Blacktown.[4][5][6]
Exits and interchanges
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hills | Baulkham Hills | 0.0 | 0.0 |  M2 Hills Motorway (M2 east) – Macquarie Park, Lane Cove, Sydney CBD, Sydney AirportAbbott Road (west) – Seven Hills | North-eastern terminus; south-eastbound entrance to and north-westbound exit from Hills Motorway Prospect Highway continues west along Abbott Road |
| 0.5 | 0.31 |  Old Windsor Road (A40) – Windsor, Parramatta | |||
| Seven Hills | 1.8 | 1.1 | Seven Hills Road – Bella Vista | T-intersection; north-eastbound entrance only Prospect Highway continues west along Seven Hills Road, east along Abbott Road | |
| 2.0 | 1.2 | Johnson Avenue (north) – Kings Langley Station Road (south) – Toongabbie | |||
| 3.5 | 2.2 | Wall Park Avenue (west) – Blacktown Seven Hills Road (north) – Baulkham Hills Seven Hills Road South (south) – Prospect | T-intersection Prospect Highway continues west along Wall Park Avenue, north along Seven Hills Road | ||
| Blacktown | Blacktown | 4.6 | 2.9 | Blacktown Road (west) – Blacktown Blacktown Road (south) – Prospect Wall Park Avenue (east) – Seven Hills | T-intersection Prospect Highway continues south along Blacktown Road, east along Wall Park Avenue |
| 5.0 | 3.1 | Bungarribee Road (west) – Blacktown, Doonside Leabons Lane (east) – Toongabbie | |||
| 6.3 | 3.9 | Lancelot Street | |||
| 6.5 | 4.0 | Blacktown Road (north) – Blacktown Blacktown Road (south-east) – Toongabbie Prospect Highway (south) – Prospect | T-intersection, Prospect Highway continues north along Blacktown Road, and south | ||
| Prospect | 7.6 | 4.7 |  Great Western Highway (A44) – Wentworthville, Rooty Hill | Modified diamond interchange, westbound entrance and exit from Great Western Highway via Ponds Road | |
| 8.0 | 5.0 |  M4 Western Motorway (M4) – Eastern Creek, Penrith, Sydney CBD, Sydney Airport | Diamond interchange | ||
| 8.5 | 5.3 | Reservoir Road – Prospect Reservoir | |||
| Cumberland | Pemulwuy | 11.5 | 7.1 | Widemere Road – Wetherill Park | Southern terminus; continues south as Widemere Road |
See also
- Prospect Hill, a prominent hill located near the highway
References
- "Sydney Orbital Network & Prospect Highway & Abbott Road & Westlink M7, New South Wales to Prospect Highway, Pemulwuy NSW 2145". Google Maps. Google Inc. 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- "Map of Prospect Highway, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- "Map of Blacktown Road, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- "Prospect Highway upgrade". Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- "Detailed design contract awarded for Prospect Highway upgrade". Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- Oxford, Jessica (20 April 2016). "Call to upgrade Blacktown bottlenecks and end traffic chaos". Blacktown Advocate. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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