Syd Einfeld Drive

Syd Einfeld Drive is a six lane, partially elevated, 80 km/h (50 mph) dual carriageway in Sydney, Australia. It was built as the Bondi Junction Bypass to bypass a section of Oxford Street through Bondi Junction from Woollahra to Old South Head Road.

Syd Einfeld Drive
Looking east from the western end of the road
Former name(s)Bondi Junction Bypass
NamesakeSyd Einfeld
OwnerTransport for NSW
Length1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi)
LocationBondi Junction
West endWoollahra
East endBondi Junction
Construction
Inauguration1 September 1979

Construction of the road included 26 span prestressed concrete viaduct at Bondi Junction, totalling 456.6 metres (1,498 ft) in length.[1][2]

Construction commenced in February 1977, with the road opened on 9 January 1979 by local member of parliament Syd Einfeld.[3][4][5] It was renamed Syd Einfeld Drive in February 1988. On 10 March 1989, a baby boy was born in an ambulance stopped on the road.[6]

The County of Cumberland planning scheme had envisaged a freeway being built from the Sydney central business district to Bondi Junction. However, this was the only section of the road completed, being built in conjunction with the Eastern Suburbs railway line and Bondi Junction railway station.[1]

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References
  1. Bondi Junction By-Pass Main Roads June 1977 pages 89–101
  2. Bondi Junction By-Pass Opens Main Roads March 1979 page 66
  3. By-pass today, mall tomorrow Sydney Morning Herald 10 January 1979
  4. Eastern Suburbs Railway Fleetline issue 43 February 1979 page 17
  5. Buses Trolley Wire issue 180 February 1979 page 17
  6. Double trouble Canberra Times 11 March 1989
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