Metroad 6
The
Metroad 6 or
M6 is one of
Sydney,
Australia's Metroads. It travels on the Nic Lepouris Highway from the
Metroad 1 at Princes Highway,
Heathcote to the
M2 Hills Motorway (
Metroad 1/
Metroad 7) at Pennant Hills Road/Pacific Highway, at Pearces Corner
Hornsby.
Metroad 6 is the former State Route 45. The Pennant Hills Road section of Metroad 6 was formerly part of
Metroad 7 until Metroad 7 was reassigned from Cumberland Highway to the
Westlink M7 motorway when it was opened in December 2005. Prior to then, Metroad 6 terminated at the Marsden Rd/Pennant Hills Rd intersection in
Carlingford.
Metroad 6 changes names several times as it passes through the city. Its names from Heathcote to Beecroft are: Heathcote Road, New Illawarra Road, Old Illawarra Road, Alfords Point Road, Davies Road, Fairford Road, Stacey Street, Rookwood Road, Joseph Street, Olympic Drive, St. Hilliers Road, Silverwater Road (junction with
M4 Western Motorway), Stewart Street, Marsden Road, Pennant Hills Rd (Cumberland Highway).
It provides a link from Hills Motorway, the northern and western suburbs to the inner western suburbs,
Bankstown and the
Princes Highway southbound along the eastern coast of NSW, although it is not necessarily the optimal route to take. Some stretches such as Silverwater Road, Alfords Point Road, New Illawarra Road and Heathcote Road have very few junctions or are in (currently) rural areas, and the speed limit is therefore relaxed slightly.
