Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
Weakleys Drive

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Weakleys Drive is a single carriageway road with generally one lane in direction for most of its length, which acts as a connector from the end of the Sydney-Newcastle Fwy to the New England Hwy in the Beresfield area, about 21 km northwest of Newcastle.

Weakleys Drive was formerly a quiet residential road of semi-rural properties and large acreage residential cottages. 2

Click here for photos of Weakleys Drive prior to the completion of the construction of the interchange with New England Highway (NH15).

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tn_200812_01_beresfield_newenglandhwy_nh15.jpg Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Beresfield on Weakleys Dr (SH 9 section) approaching New England Hwy (NH15), December 2008.

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tn_200812_01_beresfield_newenglandhwy_nh15.jpg Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Beresfield on Weakleys Dr (unclassified  section) approaching New England Hwy (NH15), December 2008.

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tn_200812_02_beresfield_newenglandhwy_nh15.jpg Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Beresfield on Weakleys Dr (SH 9 section) approaching New England Hwy (NH15), December 2008.

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tn_200812_02_beresfield_newenglandhwy_nh15.jpg New England Hwy Interchange:
Intersection directional sign and traffic signals for the eastbound ramp, December 2008.

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tn_200812_03_beresfield_newenglandhwy_nh15.jpg New England Hwy Interchange:
Intersection directional sign and traffic signals for the westbound ramp, December 2008.

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tn_200812_03_beresfield_newenglandhwy_nh15.jpg Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign for the westbound ramp at the New England Hwy interchange, December 2008.

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1 Roads & Traffic Authority Schedule of Classified Roads, 25 February 2008
2 Parliament of NSW, Waratah Electorate Roadworks Hansard, 12 June 1996
3 Roads & Traffic Authority Weakleys Drive interchange project page
4 Department of Transport and Regional Services "Contract Awarded For Weakleys Drive Interchange" Media Release, 12 January 2007
5 The Herald, "Weakleys Drive Overpass To Open" article, 9 October 2008

Last updated: 17-Dec-2019 0:55

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