A34 (Sydney)

The A34 is a major metropolitan arterial route in Sydney. A34 runs from its intersection with the Hume Highway at Liverpool at the western end, to the intersection with the King Street at Newtown at the eastern end. It runs parallel to the tolled M5 Motorway.

A34

New South Wales
Eastern end of A34 (Enmore Road) at Newtown
General information
TypeHighway
Length26.2 km (16 mi)[1]
Route number(s) A34 (2013–present)
Former
route number		 State Route 54 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
West end Hume Highway
Liverpool, Sydney
 
East end King Street
Newtown, Sydney
Location(s)
RegionSydney
LGA(s)
Major suburbsLiverpool, Milperra, Bankstown, Punchbowl, Lakemba, Canterbury, Dulwich Hill, Petersham, Enmore, Newtown
Highway system

The name "A34" is the route allocation for the route as a whole, not a road name. The A34 route runs along a series of roads with different names. From west to east they are:[2]

  • Macquarie Street
  • Terminus Street
  • Newbridge Road
  • Milperra Road
  • Canterbury Road
  • New Canterbury Road
  • Stanmore Road
  • Enmore Road

Route

The route for the A34 begins in the west at the junction with Hume Highway (A28), in the suburb of Liverpool. From here, the A34 is called Newbridge Road until crossing the Georges River when Milperra Road starts. When the road reaches The River Road in Revesby, it continues east as Canterbury Road. Canterbury Road then splits off into Old Canterbury Road and New Canterbury Road where A34 continues onto the new one. As the road proceeds east, it reaches Crystal Street at Petersham and goes on as Stanmore Road. At the junction with Edgeware Road in Enmore, it switches to Enmore Road until it reaches the junction with King Street (A36) in Newtown.[1][3][4]

History

The route was originally designated State Route 54 in 1974, terminating at the intersection of Enmore Road and King Street as it is currently. In 1993, the State Route was extended through Newtown along King Street and City Road, after the National Route 1 route designation was removed from the two roads (the National Route 1 was realigned via the current M1/A1 alignment). As a result, the State Route then terminated at Broadway at its eastern end.[5]

With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, the State Route designation was replaced with route A34, and the eastern end was truncated back to the intersection of Enmore Road and King Street, in front of Newtown station.[3] The truncated section was instead replaced with route A36 (for Princes Highway).

See also

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References
  1. Google (14 November 2022). "A34 road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. "Spatial Information Exchange". New South Wales Land and Property Information.
  3. "Road number and name changes in Sydney" (PDF). Roads and Maritime Services. Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. A34, Ozroads, Retrieved on 16 December 2022.
  5. State Route 54, Ozroads, Retrieved on 16 December 2022.
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