A9 (numerous constituent roads) | |
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| The Northern Road looking south at Bringelly Road interchange | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 62.6 km (39 mi)[1] |
| Gazetted | August 1928[2] |
| Route number(s) |  A9(2013–present) |
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| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Bridge StreetWindsor, Sydney |
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| South end |  Narellan RoadCampbelltown, Sydney |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Kingswood,Luddenham,Bringelly,Narellan |
| Highway system | |
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TheA9 is a route designation of the outer westernSydney Bypass, connectingWindsor toCampbelltown viaPenrith. This name covers a few consecutive roads and is widely known to most drivers, but the entire allocation is also known – and signposted – by the names of its constituent parts:Macquarie Street,George Street,The Northern Road,Richmond Road,Parker Street andNarellan Road.
The A9 commences at the intersection of Macquarie Street and Bridge Street inWindsor and heads in a southwesterly direction as Macquarie Street as a four-lane, single carriageway road, narrowing to two lanes through South Windsor, and then intersects with and changes name to George Street shortly afterwards, eventually meeting Blacktown Road at a roundabout atLondonderry. It runs briefly southeast along Blacktown Road, before following The Northern Road at another roundabout, heading again in a southwesterly direction, before heading south atLlandilo. It changes name to Richmond Road and widens to a four-lane, dual carriageway road atCranebrook and continues south, changing name again to Parker Street inPenrith, before meetingGreat Western Highway a short distance later and widening to a six-lane, dual-carriageway road. Parker Street continues south, changing name back to The Northern Road in South Penrith, crossesM4 Western Motorway, narrows back to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, and continues in a southerly direction through Bringelly to eventually meetCamden Valley Way atNarellan. It changes name one final time to Narellan Road and heads southeast, before eventually terminating at the interchange withHume Motorway on the northern fringes ofCampbelltown.
The A9 is also the major link between the International Regatta Centre atCranebrook andM4 Western Motorway. It was upgraded just before theSydney 2000 Olympics.
The passing of theMain Roads Act of 1924[3] through theParliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through theMain Roads Board (laterTransport for NSW). Main Road No. 154 was declared from the intersection withHume Highway (todayCamden Valley Way) in Narellan, via Bringelly and Luddenham to Llandilo (and continuing northwards to the intersection with Windsor Street in Richmond),[2] Main Road No. 178 was declared between Narellan and Campbelltown,[2] and Main Road No. 184 was declared along Macquarie Street, between Richmond and Windsor Roads, through Windsor,[2] on the same day, 8 August 1928; with the passing of theMain Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929[4] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Roads 154 and 178 and 184 on 8 April 1929. The northern end of Main Road 154 between Llandilo and Richmond was later re-aligned to run from Llandilo to Windsor on 8 December 1937.[5]
Main Road 154, previously named Bringelly Road, was later renamedThe Northern Road (between Blacktown Road in South Windsor and the intersection with Andrews and Richmond Roads in Penrith, and the intersection of Maxwell and Parker Streets in South Penrith to the intersection of Hume Highway – todayCamden Valley Way – and Narellan Road in Narellan) on 14 January 1981.[6]
The passing of theRoads Act of 1993[7] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the A9 retains its declaration as Main Roads 154 (as Macquarie and George Streets and The Northern Road) and 178 (as Narellan Road), and part of Main Road 184 (Macquarie Street through Windsor).[8]
The route was allocated part of State Route 69 in 1973,[9] linkingSingleton toWollongong via Sydney's western suburbs, alongPutty Road, the current A9 route, andAppin Road. It was replaced byMetroad 9 between Windsor and Campbelltown in December 1998, with State Route 69 consequently split into two sections:[10] a northern section alongPutty Road connecting Windsor toSingleton, and a southern section alongAppin Road connecting Campbelltown to Wollongong viaPrinces Motorway.
With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 9 was replaced by route A9, and the southern section of State Route 69 (Appin Road) was replaced by route B69; the northern section of State Route 69 (Putty Road) was left unallocated.[11]
As part of theWestern Sydney Infrastructure Plan, 35 km (21.7 mi) of The Northern Road will be upgraded to a minimum of four lanes between The Old Northern Road atNarellan and Jamison Road atSouth Penrith.[12][13] The project is being delivered in six stages, with the first stage atOran Park completed in April 2018.[14] In April 2020, The Northern Road was also realigned between Mersey Road and Eaton Road atLuddenham, to facilitate the construction ofWestern Sydney Airport.[15][16] On 16 July 2020, The Northern Road and Bringelly Road interchange opened including a realignment of The Northern Road.[17] On 13 December 2020, The Northern Road was realigned between Elizabeth Drive and Eaton Road was opened to traffic, bypassingLuddenham.[18] The rest of The Northern Road upgrade was completed through 2021, with the final upgrade opened to traffic in December 2021.[19][20]
As part of economic development of western Sydney, including the construction of theWestern Sydney Airport atBadgerys Creek, the road was proposed to be upgraded to a grade separated motorway. The proposal, known as the M9 Outer-Western Sydney Orbital motorway, would link theM31 near Appin with theCentral Coast viaCamden,Penrith andWindsor.[citation needed]
As part of the State Budget 2014–15, the NSW Government announced a $5.5 billion road package for Western Sydney. It includes $4.6 million for planning the M9 Motorway. The preferred corridor for the motorway was expected to be announced later in 2014 before plans are made for reserving land.[21] The corridor is now known asOuter Sydney Orbital with motorway codenames as either M9 or M10.[22]
| LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Hawkesbury | Windsor | 0.0 | 0.0 | Windsor Road (A2 south, unallocated north) – Putty,Colo,Parramatta | Northern terminus of route A9 Northern end of Macquarie Street |
| 1.1 | 0.68 |  Hawkesbury Valley Way (B59) – Lithgow,Richmond,Vineyard | |||
| 1.5 | 0.93 | Richmond railway line | |||
| 3.2 | 2.0 | George Street – South Windsor | Northbound entrance and exit only Southern end of Macquarie Street | ||
| Hawkesbury–Penrith boundary | South Windsor–Londonderry boundary | 5.4 | 3.4 | Blacktown Road (north) – Richmond | Southern end of George Street at roundabout |
| South Windsor–Londonderry–Bligh Park–Berkshire Park quadripoint | 5.6 | 3.5 | Richmond Road (south) – Blacktown,Seven Hills | Southern end of Blacktown Road Northern end of The Northern Road (northern section) | |
| Penrith | Londonderry–Llandilo–Cranebrook tripoint | 13.2 | 8.2 | Londonderry Road (north) – Londonderry Cranebrook Road (west) – Cranebrook | Roundabout |
| Cranebrook–Penrith–Cambridge Park tripoint | 18.7 | 11.6 | Andrews Road – Cranebrook,Penrith | Southern end of The Northern Road (northern section) Northern end of Richmond Road | |
| Penrith–Cambridge Park–Kingswood tripoint | 20.1 | 12.5 | Coreen Avenue (west) – Penrith Oxford Street (east) – Cambridge Park | Southern end of Richmond Road Northern end of Parker Street | |
| Penrith–Kingswood boundary | 21.1 | 13.1 | Main Western railway line | ||
| 21.2 | 13.2 |  Great Western Highway (A44) – Emu Plains,St Marys,Parramatta | |||
| South Penrith–Kingswood–Orchard Hills tripoint | 23.3 | 14.5 | Maxwell Street (west) – South Penrith Bringelly Road (east) – Kingswood | Southern end of Parker Street Northern end of The Northern Road (southern section) | |
| Glenmore Park–South Penrith–Orchard Hills tripoint | 24.7 | 15.3 |  M4 Western Motorway (M4) – Lapstone,Parramatta,Strathfield | ||
| Penrith–Liverpool boundary | Luddenham | 34.5 | 21.4 | Wilmington Road (west) – Luddenham Elizabeth Drive (east) – Badgerys Creek,Liverpool | |
| Liverpool–Camden boundary | Bringelly | 45.5 | 28.3 | Bringelly Road – Bringelly,Leppington | |
| Camden | Narellan–Harrington Park boundary | 57.6 | 35.8 | Camden Valley Way – Camden,Leppington | Southern end of The Northern Road (southern section) Northern end of Narellan Road |
| Narellan–Narellan Vale–Smeaton Grange tripoint | 58.2 | 36.2 | Camden Bypass – Camden | ||
| Campbelltown | Mount Annan–Blairmount–Campbelltown tripoint | 62.6 | 38.9 |  Hume Motorway (M31) – Prestons,Goulburn,Canberra | |
| Narellan Road (B69 south) – Campbelltown,Appin,Bulli | Southwestern terminus route A9 Narellan Road continues south as route B69 | ||||
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