Camden Valley Way

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Camden Valley Way

Old Hume Highway

New South Wales
General information
TypeRoad
Length22 km (14 mi)[1]
Route number(s) Tourist Drive 12
Former
route number		 State Route 89 (1980-2013)
Major junctions
NE endSir Roden Culter VC Memorial Interchange
Hume Highway
Prestons, Sydney
 
SW endMurray Street
Camden, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbsPrestons, Edmondson Park, Leppington, Gledswood Hills, Gregory Hills, Catherine Field, Harrington Park

The Camden Valley Way is a 24-kilometre (15 mi)[1] arterial road between Sydney and the historic town of Camden.

The road follows the Old Hume Highway alignment between the localities of Casula and Camden. The northeastern terminus is from Prestons, while its southwestern terminus is at Murray Street, which continues south towards Remembrance Drive along the old Hume Highway alignment. The Remembrance Drive is also another former part of the Hume Highway near Camden South. Camden Valley Way intersects Bringelly Road, The Northern Road and Narellan Road.

The road had become an important arterial road serving the fast-growing Sydney’s South West Growth Centre. Since 2015, the road north of The Northern Road is dual carriageway and has four lanes (two lanes in each direction) with a median strip.[2][3]

Camden Bypass[]

The Camden Valley Way was bypassed by the Camden Bypass between Narellan Road and Remembrance Driveway. The highlight of the Camden Bypass is the Macarthur Bridge, a 26-span, 1.03-kilometre-long (3,380 ft) concrete structure that carries the Camden Bypass across the Nepean River and its flood plain. The bridge was built between 1971 and 1973, originally to carry Hume Highway traffic, on a flood-free alignment around Camden.[4] This bypass was in turn bypassed in December 1980 when the section of what was then called the South Western Freeway (F5) from Campbelltown to Yerrinbool was opened. It has grown in importance as a major arterial road linking the Hume Motorway, WestLink M7 and M5 Motorway at the Roden Cutler Interchange in Prestons with Camden.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Camden Valley Way, Prestons NSW 2170 to Hush Little Baby, Close Camden Region, NSW 2570 (Map). Google Maps. 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. ^ http://www.gcc.nsw.gov.au/south+west-22.html Archived 19 May 2009 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  3. ^ a b "Camden Valley Way upgrade". Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. ^ "State Route 89". Ozroads. Retrieved 13 September 2021.[self-published source]
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