41-739: Memorial Drive may refer to: Streets and roads [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Memorial Drive (Wollongong) , New South Wales, Australia War Memorial Drive, Adelaide , South Australia Canada [ edit ] Memorial Drive (Calgary) , Alberta, Canada United States [ edit ] Memorial Drive (Arlington National Cemetery) , Virginia Memorial Drive (Atlanta) , Georgia Memorial Drive (Cambridge) , Massachusetts Memorial Drive (Chicopee, Massachusetts) Memorial Drive (Houston) , Texas Memorial Drive (St. Louis) , Missouri Memorial Drive (Tulsa) , Oklahoma Places [ edit ] Memorial Drive Park ,
82-479: A 19th century route from Bulli Tops to the Picton-Mt Keira road (the southern section not incorporated into the defence route is Clive Bissell Drive), and the construction of a new section of road to descend the escarpment and terminate at Princes Highway at North Wollongong (the easternmost 3.5 km of Picton Road, from Mount Keira Road to Mount Ousley Road, was also constructed as part of this project). From
123-644: A single carriageway, with duplication finished in 1975). The intermediate section from The Avenue to Five Islands Road, including the interchange with Masters Road, was opened in 1975; this section was also allocated Freeway Route F6 (which also allowed it to be locally known as the "F6 Freeway") in 1974. Construction then continued south from Northcliffe Drive to Kanahooka Road in 1978 (with duplication concluding in 1979), to Fowlers Road in 1981 (with duplication concluding in 1983), to Princes Highway near Tallawarra power station in 1986 (with duplication concluding in 1987), and to Yallah (in conjunction with grade separation of
164-526: A southerly direction as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, passing through the suburbs of Bellambi , Corrimal , and Towradgi , with a combination of separately-graded interchanges and at-grade intersections. It passes an interchange with the southern end of Princes Highway at North Wollongong , before eventually terminating at an interchange with Princes Motorway in West Wollongong . Traffic congestion through Wollongong's city centre kick-started
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246-607: A toll from its opening. This part of the freeway did not feature the Helensburgh Interchange (which subsequently opened in February 2000). The toll operated for 20 years: this was 10 years short of its intended operating length, due to local residents complaining that the F3 Freeway had its toll dropped in 1988 (which was at the time intended to be dropped as its loans had been fully paid off, unlike those of
287-537: Is a 62-kilometre (39 mi) predominantly dual carriage untolled motorway that links Sydney to Wollongong and further south through the Illawarra region to Oak Flats . Part of the Australian Highway 1 network, the motorway is designated route M1 . The motorway is sometimes known by its previous signposting F6 (Freeway Route 6) and its previous name Southern Freeway , which applied to
328-559: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Memorial Drive (Wollongong) Memorial Drive is a highway in Wollongong, New South Wales . Originally built as a bypass of Wollongong, it has since been extended further north to act as a primary arterial route through the city's northern suburbs. Memorial Drive starts at the intersection with Princes Highway in Bulli and heads in
369-456: Is underway, and major construction is expected to start in 2024. In November 2015, it was announced that the section between Bulli Tops and Picton Road would have a third lane added in each direction. As of 2019 , detailed design works have been completed. The construction of the first stage of Princes Motorway between Gwynneville and Yallah commenced in May 1959. This formed the majority of what
410-627: The Department of Main Roads (having succeeded the MRB in 1932) declared Southern Freeway as a motorway (under plan number 6006), on 8 October 1975, and was re-declared to cover each extension until it reached its southern terminus in Yallah; the motorway today still retains this declaration (under Motorway 6006). Freeway Route F6 was allocated to the southern section of Southern Freeway in 1973, and along
451-662: The Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (later the Department of Main Roads , and eventually Transport for NSW ). With the subsequent passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, the Department of Main Roads (having succeeded
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#1732802439657492-468: The 1960s to the 1980s Mount Ousley Road was gradually upgraded, initially by the construction of overtaking lanes, then the staged extension of the overtaking lanes to ultimately provide continuous two lanes in each direction, and a third lane northbound from the foot of Mount Ousley to Clive Bissell Drive and a third southbound lane from Clive Bissell Drive to New Mount Pleasant Road. This was followed by deviations to replace sharp curves on steep gradients on
533-548: The F6 Southern Freeway, to the point the western half of the Northern Distributor was subsumed into the F6 Southern Freeway when its southern extension from West Wollongong to Figtree opened in 1967; the southern terminus of the Northern Distributor was truncated to the intersection at Gwynneville as a result. Preparations for a northern extension to the Northern Distributor began in the mid-1980s:
574-613: The F6). After much pressure, the tolls were eventually removed on 30 July 1995, when the loans had been repaid. Remnants of the tollbooths could initially be seen at the old toll plaza at Waterfall, such as faint markings and a set of warning lights in the southbound direction for the toll plaza. These remnants have since been removed. However, as of 2021 , the widened carriageways for the toll booths can still be seen at 34°09′02″S 150°59′25″E / 34.150476°S 150.990208°E / -34.150476; 150.990208 . To complement
615-647: The MRB in 1932) proposed Main Road 626 from the intersection with Princes Highway in North Wollongong to the intersection with F6 Southern Freeway in Gwynneville on 9 May 1986; this was a unique case where the DMR proposed but never officially declared a road, despite the land being owned by the government (NSW's Ministry of Transport , in this case). When the extension to Bellambi opened in 1993, State Highway 1
656-475: The Northern Distributor from Gwynneville to West Wollongong was completed in 1965. The Northern Distributor was allocated as Freeway Route F8 in 1974, extended further north from the 1980s, and renamed Memorial Drive in 2010. In March 1964 a connector road from Mount Ousley Road at the foot of Mount Ousley to the Northern Distributor in Gwynneville was opened as single carriageway road, and was duplicated in
697-530: The construction of a bypass northwest of it. Construction connecting Princes Highway at North Wollongong and West Wollongong through Gynneville commenced in May 1959, with one carriageway of the first stage opened to traffic in July 1963 as the Northern Distributor , later duplicated in 1965. A link road between Mount Ousley Road and the Northern Distributor, at an at-grade intersection at Gwynneville,
738-454: The conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013) from its new northern terminus at Bulli to the interchange with Princes Highway in North Wollongong, with the remaining portion to Gwynneville unallocated. Memorial Drive is entirely contained within the City of Wollongong local government area . [REDACTED] Australian Roads portal Princes Motorway Princes Motorway
779-459: The current decline of the local steel industry, emergence of Wollongong as a commuter city of Sydney has kept the motorway busy. In the north, Princes Motorway commences at the interchange with Princes Highway at Waterfall and heads south as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, taking more or less a parallel route with Princes Highway until the sprawling interchange with Appin Road and Princes Highway at Bulli Tops. It continues downhill, avoiding
820-732: The early 1970s. The intersection with the Northern Distributor was later reconstructed to a grade-separated interchange, beginning in April 1996 and opening in December 1998. Following completion of the Mount Ousley-Gwynneville connector, Southern Freeway subsumed a section of the Northern Distributor south of Gwynneville to West Wollongong, and continued making its way southward, then with the extension from West Wollongong to The Avenue at Figtree opening in 1967, and then from Five Islands Road to Northcliffe Drive in 1973 (albeit as
861-495: The entire northern section when it opened in 1975: as new sections of the freeway opened, Freeway Route F6 was extended along these new sections, but had already begun to be phased out in the mid-1908s to be replaced by National Route 1, and had disappeared by 1992; the Mount Ousley Road section was designated part of National Route 1 from 1975. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, National Route 1
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#1732802439657902-417: The freeway proper, as it is not built to full freeway standards, containing left-in/left-out intersections and the at-grade intersection at the foot of Mount Ousley, where the motorway proper diverges from Mount Ousley Road. This intersection is proposed to be replaced by a grade-separated interchange: the federal government announced funding for the interchange in May 2021, relocation of utility services
943-552: The inner section of the F6 link, which at the time had an estimated construction cost of $ 96 million. At the same time, Wran announced that the inner section reservation would be sold off and the proposed extension would instead terminate at St Peters, a medium density industrial suburb . Prior to the 2007 federal election , the Liberal – Nationals ( Coalition ) government promised to allocate $ 20 million towards planning for
984-534: The intersection with Princes Highway in Bulli via Bellambi and Towradgi to the intersection with Princes Highway at North Wollongong (and unofficially as Main Road 626 from North Wollongong to the interchange with Princes Motorway at West Wollongong). Freeway Routes were introduced in 1973, and Freeway Route 8 (F8) was allocated to the Northern Distributor from North Wollongong to Gwynneville, but not signed as such when next extension north to Towradgi opened in 1990. When
1025-539: The junction with Princes Highway) in 1989. The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (MRB). With the subsequent passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads,
1066-434: The northern approach to Bellambi Creek and both approaches to Cataract Creek. A continuous Jersey median was subsequently installed in stages. Extensive truck management measures were also installed on the long, steep descent from Clive Bissell Drive into Wollongong during the 1980s, following a number of fatal truck crashes on this section. The Mount Ousley Road section of Princes Motorway is sometimes not considered part of
1107-652: The northern end where it intersected with Princes Highway at North Wollongong was converted to a grade-separated interchange in 1985, and the Elliots Road bridge at Fairy Meadow over the railway line (and the extension) opened to traffic in November 1989, allowing a section of the extension to reach Towradgi Road at an at-grade intersection in October 1990. Another section, a single carriageway between Towradgi Road and Bellambi Lane, opened to traffic in December 1992; this
1148-569: The remainder of the bypass (ie north from the New Lake Entrance Road interchange to the Illawarra Highway interchange) opened to traffic on 7 August 2021. The remainder of the southbound carriageway was opened to traffic on 9 October 2021, thereby completing the bypass. The County of Cumberland planning scheme of 1948 outlined an F6 extension from the current-day end-point at Waterfall. As such, an F6 corridor
1189-477: The second carriageway of the Towradgi to Bellambi section opened in 1993, State Route 60 replaced Freeway Route 8, with its re-alignment along Bellambi Lane and the Northern Distributor to its interchange with Princes Highway in North Wollongong; State Route 60 was eventually decommissioned in 2004. When the next extension north to Bulli opened and it was renamed in 2009, it was allocated route B65 (four years before
1230-408: The section between Waterfall and Bulli Tops commenced in July 1970. At 22.9km, it was then the longest section of freeway to completed at one time, at a cost of $ 30.5 million; it opened as Southern Freeway on 24 July 1975, and was allocated Freeway Route F6 (which later allowed it to be locally known as the "F6 Freeway"). Financed by State Government bonds, this section of freeway initially incurred
1271-466: The sections between Waterfall and Bulli Tops as well as Gwynneville and Yallah. The section between Bulli Tops and Gwynneville was known as Mount Ousley Road , and was first built as a defence route and later upgraded to dual carriageway standards. It is the backbone of road traffic in the Illawarra. As Wollongong and Port Kembla are important industrial centres, freight traffic is heavy. Despite
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1312-656: The six-lane Captain Cook Bridge and a short connecting section of Taren Point Road to the south have been built. Establishment of the bridge section of the F6 extension began in 1962, expedited to replace the ferry service that had operated from Taren Point to Sans Souci since 1916. Captain Cook Bridge was opened in May 1965. In the original plan, the F6 would have connected to the Western Distributor . Then, in August 1977, premier Neville Wran cancelled
1353-509: The steep Bulli Pass , and bypasses Wollongong CBD , through Gwynneville and continues for 30 kilometres (19 mi), bypassing the suburbs of Yallah and Albion Park Rail , reaching the interchange with Illawarra Highway (Terry Street) at Albion Park , before terminating with the existing alignment of Princes Highway at an interchange in Oak Flats . The motorway can be divided into four sections, from north to south: Construction of
1394-473: The tollway, the dual carriageways of Princes Highway from Waterfall north to Loftus and the Sutherland bypass were constructed and opened to traffic on 16 September 1975. The section between Bulli Tops and Gwynneville was previously named as part of Mount Ousley Road , and is still often referred to as such. Mount Ousley Road was built in 1942 as a defence route, involving the reconstruction of part of
1435-544: Was also altered to use the new route, from Bellambi to North Wollongong; this declaration was extended northwards to Bulli when the next extension there opened in 2009. The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 through the Parliament of New South Wales updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Memorial Drive today retains its declaration as Highway 1, from
1476-532: Was built as a north-south bypass of Wollongong central business district, and was the first section built of the Northern Distributor , an arterial road planned to run from Thirroul in the north to Dapto in the south. The CBD bypass was opened from Princes Highway at North Wollongong to Foley Street in December 1959, from Foley Street to Phillips Avenue in 1961 and from Phillips Avenue to Princes Highway at West Wollongong in July 1963. Duplication of
1517-676: Was completed in March 1964 and later duplicated in the 1970s; this eventually became the first portion of the F6 Southern Freeway . An overpass taking University Avenue over the Distributor at Gwynneville was opened in September 1968, eliminating the previous at-grade intersection with Foley Street. No further attention was given to the Northern Distributor for some time; as the Department of Main Roads focussed more on extending
1558-619: Was identified by the Roads & Traffic Authority in a study in the mid 1990s. In 2013, Roads and Maritime Services (successor to the RTA) confirmed the reserved corridor to be suitable for the bypass. The bypass was completed on 9 October 2021, several months ahead of schedule. The section of the bypass between Yallah and the Illawarra Highway (Terry Street) interchange was opened to traffic in May 2021. The northbound carriageway of
1599-426: Was later duplicated in May 1993. The intersection with the F6 Southern Freeway at Gynneville was reconstructed to a grade-separated interchange, beginning in April 1996 and opening in December 1998. Another extension north, from Bulli to Bellambi, opened in 2009. Not long after its opening, the Northern Distributor was renamed Memorial Drive on 24 December 2010. The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through
1640-401: Was replaced with route M1, and Southern Freeway and Mount Ousley Road were officially renamed as M1 Princes Motorway . At the southern end, Princes Motorway was extended to Oak Flats via a 9.8 km bypass of Albion Park Rail. The bypass completed the 'missing link' in the four-lane road between Sydney and Berry (since extended to Bomaderry/Nowra), and was constructed on a corridor which
1681-537: Was set aside that passes through the Royal National Park from Waterfall to Campbell Road in St Peters . The land reservation tract currently passes through the suburbs of Loftus , Kirrawee , Gymea , Miranda , Taren Point , Sandringham , Sans Souci , Ramsgate , Monterey , Kogarah , Brighton-Le-Sands , Rockdale , Banksia , Arncliffe , Kyeemagh and Tempe . Of the proposed extension, only