Westlink M7 motorway
Length	40 km
Direction	North-South
Start	M5 South Western Motorway
Primary destinations	Western Sydney suburbs of Liverpool, Fairfield, Blacktown and Baulkham Hills
End	M2 Hills Motorway
Construction dates	July 2003 - December 2005
Major junctions	M2 Motorway M4 M5
Owner	Transurban Limited Macquarie Infrastructure Group Leighton Holdings Abigroup
Operator	Westlink Motorway Limited

M7 Metroad marker

M7 motorwaymarker

Westlink M7, formerly named the Western Sydney Orbital, is one of Sydney's urban motorways and is a part of Sydney Metroad 7 and the Sydney Orbital Motorway network. It connects three Metroads: M5 at Prestons, M4 at Eastern Creek and M2 at Baulkham Hills. It opened on December 16, 2005, eight months ahead of schedule. Image File history File links Acap. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2303x667, 250 KB) Summary http://www. ... The M5 South Western Motorway (also known as the M5 South West Motorway, M5 Motorway or simply M5) is a motorway in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The colour scheme used to denote a primary route. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... The M2 Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The M2 Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Metroad 4 or M4 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ... Metroad 5 (M5) is a main arterial route linking Sydneys city centre to its south western suburbs and beyond. ... Transurban is an Australian transnational corporation which buys toll roads all over the world. ... Macquarie Bank Limited is an Australian merchant bank and financial services group, providing a broad range of services to businesses individuals. ... Image File history File links NSW_M7. ... Image File history File links NSW_M7. ... A Metroad route marker as used in Sydney and Brisbane Metroads are the primary road routes serving the Sydney and Brisbane metropolitan areas in Australia. ... Image File history File links NSW_M7mwy. ... Image File history File links NSW_M7mwy. ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Metroad 7 or M7 is one of Sydney, Australias former Metroads. ... Sydney Orbital Motorway is a planned network of motorways (tollways) encircling Sydney and is the longest ring road in Australia. ... A Metroad route marker as used in Sydney and Brisbane Metroads are the primary road routes serving the Sydney and Brisbane metropolitan areas in Australia. ... Metroad 5 (M5) is a main arterial route linking Sydneys city centre to its south western suburbs and beyond. ... Prestons is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Metroad 4 or M4 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ... Eastern Creek is a suburb in Western Sydney, Australia, and is adjacent to Erskine Park and Rooty Hill. ... Metroad 2 marker Metroad 2 is a Metroad in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Western Sydney is the fastest growing region in the Sydney metropolitan area. Previous ring roads in the area, Ring Road 5, State Route 55 and later State Route 77 had become a primary artery for the western suburbs instead of their original job of bypassing Sydney.

By the late 1990s and first decade of the 21st century, Western Sydney was the third biggest producer of Australia's GDP behind the Sydney CBD and Melbourne. Growth of industrial and residential areas brought about massive increase of traffic in its local roads. This led to the planning of the Western Sydney Orbital, which among its original purpose was to serve the stillborn second international airport at Badgerys Creek. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Badgerys Creek is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Due to the strategic importance of Western Sydney, the Federal Government had decided to fund a freeway which in addition to becoming the main thoroughfare for Western Sydney, would also be a part of a National Highway Sydney Bypass linking the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway in the north and Hume Highway in the south west via the western suburbs. This change of emphasis led to the Western Sydney Orbital being renamed as "Westlink M7". Australias National Highway The National Highway is a system of roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia, and is the major network of highways connecting Australias largest and most important cities. ... // There have been various forms of Sydney Bypass for decades. ... Approximate road distances (in kilometres) of towns and cities along the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway from Sydney The Sydney-Newcastle Freeway is a 127-km stretch of motorway linking Sydney to the Central Coast, Newcastle and Hunter regions of New South Wales and is part of the AusLink road corridor between... The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australias most important and notable interstate highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and Melbourne. ...

With its opening, Metroad 7 between Liverpool and Beecroft was transferred from Cumberland Highway to Westlink M7. Westlink M7 was the first Sydney motorway to be marked with the alphanumeric M7 rectangular shield rather than the hexagonal Metroad shield. Metroad 7 or M7 is one of Sydney, Australias former Metroads. ... Liverpool is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Beecroft is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire Local Government Area, about 20 kilometres north-west of the citys central business district. ...

On 25 December 2005, just 9 days after opening, the M7 suffered its first fatality. A 12 year old boy died at Cecil Park when the 4-wheel drive he was travelling in rolled down an enbankment and onto Elizabeth Drive, almost crushing another car. is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Course

Westlink M7 heading southbound

In Sydney's southwest, the M7 starts at the Hume Highway/M5 South Western Motorway (Roden Cutler) interchange at Prestons [1]. It follows a new track until the Elizabeth Drive/Wallgrove Road junction, Abbotsbury. From then on it runs parallel to Wallgrove Road until the Wallgrove Road/Great Western Highway junction, interchanging with the M4 in what is known as the Lighthorse Interchange - Australia's first four level stack interchange. Continuing north, it leads to Minchinbury and follows alongside Rooty Hill Road North until Dean Park. The final, northernmost section of the M7 runs in a roughly easterly direction until ending at the M2 Hills Motorway junction. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1580x1214, 424 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Westlink M7 ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1580x1214, 424 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Westlink M7 ... The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australias most important and notable interstate highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and Melbourne. ... The M5 South Western Motorway (also known as the M5 South West Motorway, M5 Motorway or simply M5) is a motorway in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Prestons is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Abbotsbury is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... The Great Western Highway is a highway in New South Wales, Australia. ...

The M7 passes through suburbs including Hinchinbrook, Cecil Park, Abbotsbury, Horsley Park, Eastern Creek (where it crosses and intersects the M4 Motorway), Oakhurst, Quakers Hill, Acacia Gardens and finally ends at Baulkham Hills where it joins the M2 Hills Motorway. The section from Dean Park to the M2 follows the original North West Freeway corridor. Hinchinbrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Cecil Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Abbotsbury is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Horsley Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Eastern Creek is a suburb in Western Sydney, Australia, and is adjacent to Erskine Park and Rooty Hill. ... Metroad 4 or M4 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ... Oakhurst is the name of several communities in the United States of America: Oakhurst, California Oakhurst, New Jersey Oakhurst, Oklahoma Oakhurst, Texas It is also the name of a suburb in Sydney, Australia. ... Quakers Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Acacia Gardens is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The M2 Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Dean Park is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... If the vacant corridor that is left beetween the Westlink M7 and Castlereagh Road was built it would probably adopt the Metroad 8 marker. ...

It is built as a fully tolled gateless motorway employing fully electronic payment, and is claimed to reduce transit time across the western suburbs by one hour at least. The toll free period ended on January 15, 2006. The toll was originally 29.91 cents per kilometre, capped after 20 kilometres at $5.98, but on April 1, 2006 this increased to 30.07 cents per kilometre, capped after 20 kilometres at $6.01. From October 1, 2007, the toll is 31.45 cents per kilometre, capped at $6.29; the toll is adjusted quarterly according to the CPI. is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Interchanges

• M2 Hills Motorway, Winston Hills
• Norwest Boulevard/Metroad 2 (Old Windsor Rd, Glenwood / Kings Langley
• Sunnyholt Road, Acacia Gardens / Kings Park
• Quakers Hill Parkway, Quakers Hill
• Richmond Road, Oakhurst / Dean Park / Colbee
• Power Street, Plumpton / Glendenning
• Woodstock Avenue, Rooty Hill / Plumpton
• Great Western Highway, Eastern Creek
• Metroad 4 (M4 Motorway)
• Old Wallgrove Road, Eastern Creek
• Horsley Drive, Horsley Park
• Villiers Road, Cecil Park
• Elizabeth Drive, Cecil Park
• Cowpasture Road, Hinchinbrook
• Bernera Road, Prestons
• Metroad 5 (M5 Motorway & Hume Highway)
• Camden Valley Way, Prestons

The M2 Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Metroad 2 marker Metroad 2 is a Metroad in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Metroad 4 or M4 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ... Metroad 5 (M5) is a main arterial route linking Sydneys city centre to its south western suburbs and beyond. ...

Trivia

On the 1 May 2005, notorious urban explorers from the Tunnel Rats gained access to the M7/M4 interchange, being the first civilians to travel over and through the bridges themselves. [2] An urban explorer stands near the outfall of a muffin shaped brick and concrete storm drain, under Saint Paul, Minnesota. ... The Tunnel Rats is an Australian urban exploration group, number well over a thousand members, it has a special focus on exploring urban infrastructure and subterranian cavities, be they natural or otherwise. ...

External links

• Westlink M7 Official Site
• Ozroads Westlink M7 page