Victoria Road (Sydney)

Victoria Road is a major road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Not to be confused with Victoria Street, East Sydney.

Victoria Road

New South Wales
Victoria Road at West Ryde
General information
TypeRoad
Length21 km (13 mi)
Route number(s)

(North Parramatta-Parramatta)

Former
route number
Major junctions
East end
Anzac Bridge, Western Distributor (A4)
 
West end
O'Connell Street
Location(s)
Major suburbsRydalmere, Ermington, West Ryde, Ryde, Gladesville, Drummoyne, Rozelle

Victoria Road connects Parramatta with the western end of Anzac Bridge. It passes through the Sydney suburbs of Rydalmere, Ermington, West Ryde, Ryde, Gladesville, Drummoyne and 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.

Description

Victoria Road 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 State Transit bus routes travel along Victoria Road, and during peak hours much of the road includes a dedicated bus lane.

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.[1] A barrier transfer machine is used to move the concrete barrier.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Inner West Busway". Roads & Maritime Services. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
  2. "Unzip extra lanes on Victoria Rd". Daily Telegraph. 18 December 2010.
  3. "Inner-west's bridge of sighs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 2011.
  4. "Doing 24km/hr? You must be on Victoria Rd". The Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.


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