Victoria Road, Sydney

Not to be confused with Victoria Street, East Sydney.

Victoria Road New South Wales
Victoria Road at West Ryde
West end East end
Coordinates	33.808185°S 151.001676°E / -33.808185; 151.001676 (West end) 33.868909°S 151.176256°E / -33.868909; 151.176256 (East end)
General information
Type	Road
Length	20.1 km (12 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928
Route number(s)	A40 (2013–present) (North Parramatta–Rozelle)
Former route number	State Route 40 (1974–2013) (North Parramatta–Rozelle) Concurrency: State Route 21 (1974–2004) (Huntleys Point–Drummoyne)
Major junctions
West end	O'Connell Street Parramatta, Sydney
	James Ruse Drive Silverwater Road Devlin Street Burns Bay Road Lyons Road Iron Cove Link
East end	Western Distributor City West Link Rozelle, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Rydalmere, Ermington, West Ryde, Ryde, Gladesville, Drummoyne

Victoria Road is a major road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, connecting Parramatta with Rozelle and is currently one of the longest roads in Sydney. The road passes over two major bridges: the Iron Cove Bridge over Iron Cove, and the Gladesville Bridge over the Parramatta River.

Route

Victoria Road commences at the intersection of O'Connell Street in Parramatta and heads east as a four-lane dual-carriageway road, passing over an interchange with James Ruse Drive in eastern Parramatta, under an interchange with Silverwater Road in Ermington, over another interchange with Devlin Street in Ryde, through Gladesville and Drummoyne, and terminating at a modified intersection with City West Link and Western Distributor at Rozelle. It is predominantly three lanes in each direction between Rozelle and Gladesville, and two or three lanes in each direction west of Gladesville. A large number of Busways and Transit Systems bus routes travel along Victoria Road, and during peak hours much of the road includes a dedicated bus lane.

In 2011 the road was named as one of the most congested road in Sydney with an average travel speed of 24 kilometres per hour (15 mph) during the morning peak period and 31 kilometres per hour (19 mph) in the afternoon peak.

History

The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (later Transport for NSW). Main Road No. 165 was declared along this road on 8 August 1928, from Rozelle, Gladesville, along Kissing Point Road via Dundas, and along Pennant Street back along Victoria Road to Parramatta (and continuing east over the Glebe Island Bridge into Pyrmont); the alignment along Kissing Point Road via Dundas was altered to run via its current alignment through West Ryde on 2 December 1964.

In July 1955, a new four (later five) lane Iron Cove Bridge opened, followed in October 1964 by a new six (later seven) lane Gladesville Bridge, both replacing 1880s built two-lane structures.

In 2011, the Inner West Busway project introduced a tidal flow arrangement between Drummoyne and Rozelle which provides four city bound lanes (including a dedicated bus lane) and two west bound lanes in the morning peak, before reverting to three lanes in each direction at 10am. A barrier transfer machine is used to move the concrete barrier. This also saw a new three-lane Iron Cove Bridge built for out-bound traffic with the existing structure being solely used by inbound traffic.

The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Victoria Road retains its declaration as part of Main Road 165.

The route was allocated State Route 40 in 1974 between Church Street in Parramatta and Rozelle (continuing north along Church Street and Windsor Road via Windsor eventually to Lithgow, and continuing east over Glebe Island Bridge to Pyrmont). State Route 21 was also declared along Victoria Road between Huntleys Point and Drummoyne (continuing north along Burns Bay Road, and continuing west along Lyons Road) as a concurrency in 1974; it was removed in 2004. The western end of State Route 40 was truncated to James Ruse Drive in North Parramatta in 2007 (and continuing north along James Ruse Drive and Old Windsor Road to Windsor instead). With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, State Route 40 was replaced by route A40.

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Parramatta	Parramatta	0.0	0.0	O'Connell Street – Parramatta, North Parramatta	Western terminus of road
		0.4	0.25	Church Street – Parramatta, North Parramatta
		2.0	1.2	James Ruse Drive (A40 north, unallocated south) – Clyde, Rouse Hill, Windsor	No right turn eastbound into, and no right turn southbound from, James Ruse Drive Route A40 continues north along James Ruse Drive
	Rydalmere–Ermington boundary	4.8	3.0	Silverwater Road (A6) – Carlingford, Lidcombe, Padstow, Heathcote	No right turn westbound into Silverwater Road
	Ermington–Melrose Park–West Ryde tripoint	6.7	4.2	Marsden Road (north) – Carlingford Wharf Road (south) – Melrose Park
Ryde	West Ryde	8.5	5.3	Main North railway line
	Ryde	10.1	6.3	Devlin Street (A3) – Mona Vale, Macquarie Park, Wiley Park, Blakehurst
Hunter's Hill	Huntleys Point	15.6	9.7	Burns Bay Road – Lane Cove North
Parramatta River		15.8– 16.4	9.8– 10.2	Gladesville Bridge
Canada Bay	Drummoyne	17.2	10.7	Lyons Road – Five Dock	No right turn southbound into Lyons Road
Iron Cove		18.1– 18.6	11.2– 11.6	Iron Cove Bridge
Inner West	Rozelle	18.9	11.7	Iron Cove Link, to: – Western Distributor (A4 east) – Pyrmont, Sydney CBD – M8 Motorway (M8 south) – St Peters, Kingsgrove	Eastern entrance and western exit only
		20.1	12.5	Western Distributor (A4 east) – Pyrmont, Sydney CBD City West Link (A44 west) – Haberfield, Parramatta, Penrith	Eastern terminus of road and route A40
Incomplete access       Route transition

Gallery

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  The Iron Cove Bridge connects Drummoyne and Rozelle
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  Citybound view from the Gladesville Bridge at Drummoyne in the early 1990s

See also

Australian Roads portal