General Holmes Drive
| General Holmes Drive New South Wales | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Motorway |
| Length | 5 km (3 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |
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| Major junctions | |
| NW end |
Joyce Drive Mascot, Sydney |
 Southern Cross Drive (M1) M5 South Western Motorway (M5) | |
| SE end |
 The Grand Parade (A1)Brighton-Le-Sands, Sydney |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs / towns | Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales | |
General Holmes Drive is a major road that runs through Brighton-Le-Sands and Kyeemagh in New South Wales, Australia. It is named for a distinguished Australian military officer who died in action during World War I.
General Holmes Drive starts from The Grand Parade in Brighton-Le-Sands, continues into the suburb of Kyeemagh, running along Cook Park, over the Cooks River (Endeavour Bridge), past Sydney Airport. The main traffic route then becomes Southern Cross Drive and General Holmes Drive continues towards the airport terminals to Joyce Drive. Most of General Holmes Drive is part of the 110 kilometre Sydney Orbital Network.
Traffic runs in three lanes in both directions through Kyeemagh, becoming four lanes after the M5 East Freeway junction. The M5 East can only be accessed southbound, and traffic joins General Holmes Drive northbound.
Landmarks
- Sydney Airport
- Sydney Airport Tunnel
- Endeavour Bridge
- Cook Park
Exits and interchanges
| LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botany Bay | Mascot | 0 | 0 | Botany Road – Mascot, Redfern, Maroubra, Sydney CBD | North-eastern terminus at traffic lights |
| 0.2 | 0.1 | Joyce Drive north / Ross Smith Avenue west – Sydney Airport | Traffic light intersection | ||
| Botany | 0.7 | 0.4 | Mill Pond Drive – Botany, Maroubra, Sydney CBD | Traffic light intersection | |
| 1.0 | 0.6 | To Foreshore Road – Port Botany | Southbound exit only | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Southern Cross Drive (M1) – Randwick, Sydney CBD | Northbound exit and southbound entrance at partial Y interchange; Route transition: no route number north, M1 continues south from Southern Cross Drive | ||
| 1.6 | 1.0 | Foreshore Road – Port Botany, La Perouse | North-eastbound exit and entrance | ||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | Foreshore Road – no exit | Westbound entrance only | ||
| Rockdale | Sydney Airport | 2.4– 3.0 | 1.5– 1.9 | Airport Tunnel | |
| 3.1 | 1.9 | M5 Motorway – Liverpool, Canberra | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance at partial Y interchange; Route transition: M1 eastbound, A1 south-westbound | ||
| Kyeemagh | 4.3 | 2.7 | Bestic Street – Rockdale | Traffic light intersection | |
| Ramsgate Beach | 5.1 | 3.2 | The Grand Parade (A1) – Wollongong, Nowra | South-Western terminus: continues south as The Grand Parade | |
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See also
References
- ↑ Google (22 June 2015). "General Holmes Drive" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 22 June 2015.