Road Photos & Information: New South Wales: Hume Highway & South Western Freeway (Metroad 5) - St Andrews to Campbelltown (Decommissioned)

Road Photos & Information: New South Wales

Hume Highway & South Western Freeway (Metroad 5) - St Andrews to Campbelltown (Decommissioned)

Statistics:

Length: 44 km (St Andrews to Campbelltown: 6 km)
North Eastern Terminus: Interchange with General Holmes Drive (Metroad 1) at Kyeemagh, near Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney.
South Western Terminus: Interchange with Narellan Road (Metroad 9) and Hume Highway (NH31) at Campbelltown.
Miscellaneous: South Western Mwy offical end is at Prestons, where the road name switches to Hume Highway. Continues as NH31 from Narellan Road interchange at Campbelltown.
Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: St Andrews, Raby, Eagle Vale, Woodbine, Claymore, Blairmount and Cambelltown.

Route Numbering:

Former:
Decommissioned: 2013
Road Authority Internal Classification: HW2 (Casula to Campbelltown) 1

General Information:

Metroad 5 is a major arterial route from the Airport and CBD to the south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is the only Metroad that is fully freeway standard, which was acheived in December 2002 when traffic lights that operated at Moorebank (Moorebank Av) for over 15 years were switched off, being replaced by an overpass.

The Glenfield to Woodbine section of the freeway was once part of the NSW freeway numbering scheme and used to be numbered F5. Which was phased out in the 1980s, replaced with National Highway 31.

History:

26 October 1973: A six mile (9.7 km) section of the South Western Freeway (formerly F5, now Hume Hwy (Metroad 5)) from Cross Roads to Raby Road opened. 2
December 1974: Construction completed between Camden Valley Way at The Crossroads to Narellan Road completed. 2

Click here for photos of the between The Cross Roads and St Andrews, from the 1970s

Campbelltown to St Andrews		St Andrews to Campbelltown
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Narellan Road at Currans Hill, approaching Hume Hwy (NH31 / Metroad 5) & Narellan Rd (SR89) interchange, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign next to the St Andrews Rd overpass at St Andrews, for the Campbelltown Rd (SR56) interchange. November 2010. Click here for a photo of this area from April 2010. Click here for a photo from December 2005 of this scene prior to the commencement of upgrade works. Image © Rob Tilley
	Narellan Road Interchange: Looking southeast at Blairmount on Narellan Road, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at St Andrews, for the Campbelltown Rd (SR56) interchange. November 2010. Click here for a photo of this area from April 2010. Click here for a photo of this scene prior to the commencement of upgrade works. Image © Rob Tilley
	Narellan Road Interchange: Looking southeast at Blairmount on Narellan Road, as Metroad 9 terminates, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Robert Northey Bridge: Robert Northey Bridge at St Andrews, April 2010. The bridge was named after Robert Northey, who was killed assisting someone who had been hit on the freeway. 3 Image © Paul Rands
	Narellan Road Interchange: Looking southeast at Blairmount on Narellan Road, as Metroad 9 terminates, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		AD Sign: Advance directional sign at St Andrews for the Campbelltown Rd (SR56) interchange, November 2010. Click here for a photo of this area from August 2010. Click here for a photo of this scene prior to the commencement of upgrade works. Image © Rob Tilley
	Campbelltown Road Interchange: Northbound at Eagle Vale at the Campbelltown Road interchange, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Raby Road Overpass: Raby Rd overpass at St Andrews, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Raby Road Overpass: Northbound carriageway of Hume Hwy at Eagle Vale as it approaches the Raby Rd overpass, October 2009. Image © Paul Rands		Campbelltown Road: Hume Hwy (Metroad 5) at the interchange with Campbelltown Road at St Andrews. April 2010. Click here for a photo from December 2005 of this scene prior to the commencement of upgrade works. Image © Paul Rands
	Robert Northey Bridge: Robert Northey Bridge at Raby, October 2009. The bridge was named after Robert Northey, who was killed assisting someone who had been hit on the freeway. 3 Image © Paul Rands		Campbelltown Road: Hume Hwy (Metroad 5) at the interchange with Campbelltown Road at St Andrews. April 2010. Click here for a photo from December 2005 from December 2005 of this scene prior to the commencement of upgrade works. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Raby, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Reassurance Sign: Metroad 5 trailblazer as you head southbound through Woodbine, August 2010. Click here for a photo from December 2005 of this scene prior to the commencement of upgrade works. Image © Paul Rands
	Trailblazer: Reassurance marker at Raby, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Skye Winter Bridge: Hume Hwy (Metroad 5) as it passes under Skye Winter bridge at Woodbine, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for the Campbelltown Road interchange. Raby, near St Andrews Road, August 2010. Click here for a photo of the previous version of this sign from October 2009. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for the Narellan Road Interchange. Taken August 2010, southbound at Woodbine. Click here for a photo from December 2005 of the old version of this sign. Image © Paul Rands
	St Andrews Road Overpass: Northbound carriageway of Hume Hwy (Metroad 5) as it passes under St Andrews Road in Raby, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign for the Narellan Road Interchange. April 2010, southbound at Woodbine. Image © Paul Rands
			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for the Narellan Road Interchange. Taken April 2010, southbound at Woodbine. Image © Paul Rands
			Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign for the Narellan Road Interchange. August 2010, southbound at Campbelltown. Image © Paul Rands
			Narellan Road Interchange: This used to be the end of the motorway back in the early 1980s, in fact it's the end of Metroad 5, which turns into National Highway 31. August 2010. Click here for a photo from December 2005 of the old version of this sign. Image © Paul Rands
			Narellan Road Exit: Intersection directional signs over the lanes of the Narellan Rd (SR69 / Metroad 9) interchange at Campbelltown, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
			Narellan Road Exit: Intersection directional sign at the exit gore of the Narellan Rd (SR69 / Metroad 9) interchange at Campbelltown, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
			Passing under Narellan Road: When using the interchange to head towards Narellan, you go under Narellan Rd on a separated carriageway from the freeway. April 2010. Image © Paul Rands
			Narellan Road Interchange: Narellan Rd off ramp, Campbelltown, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands
			Narellan Road Interchange: Narellan Rd off ramp, Campbelltown, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands
			End Metroad 5 / Start National Highway 31: End Metroad 5 / start NH31 sign near the Narellan Rd interchange, Campbelltown, April 2010. Image © Paul Rands
Click here for the continuation of Hume Hwy as NH31 Click here for the continuation of Metroad 5 between St Andrews and Casula

1 Roads and Traffic Authority, Schedule of Classified Roads (and unclassified Regional Roads), 25 February 2008
2 Department of Main Roads New South Wales, South Western Freeway, F5 from The Cross Roads near Liverpool to Aylmerton near Mittagong
3 Campbelltown City Council, City Works Committee Meeting minutes attachment, 12 November 2002

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