Barrenjoey Road is a main urban road along the northern coast of the
Northern Beaches
The Northern Beaches is a region within Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the Pacific coast. This area extends south to the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), west to Middle Harbour and north to the en ...
suburbs of
Sydney,
Australia. In 1978, the Barrenjoey Road area came to national attention due to the unsolved
disappearance of Trudie Adams.
Route
Barrenjoey Road commences at the intersection with Beach Road in
Palm Beach and heads in a southerly direction as a two-lane, single-carriageway road, through
Bilgola Beach
Bilgola Beach is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 33 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. It is part of the Northern ...
and
Avalon Beach before it reaches
Newport
Newport most commonly refers to:
*Newport, Wales
*Newport, Rhode Island, US
Newport or New Port may also refer to:
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*Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay
Europe
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*Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...
, where it widens to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, and then to six lanes immediately afterwards, to eventually terminate at the intersection with
Pittwater Road in
Mona Vale.
History
The passing of the ''Main Roads Act of 1924'' through the
Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each ...
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
Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an List of New South Wales government agencies, agency of the Government of New South Wales, New South Wales Government established on 1 Novem ...
). Main Road No. 164 was declared along this road on 8 August 1928, from
Newport
Newport most commonly refers to:
*Newport, Wales
*Newport, Rhode Island, US
Newport or New Port may also refer to:
Places Asia
*Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay
Europe
Ireland
*Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...
to
Mona Vale (and continuing south via Narrabeen, Dee Why, Balgowlah, along Military Road and Falcon Street through Mosman, then along Miller Street to the intersection with Great Northern Highway (today
Pacific Highway) and Mount Street in North Sydney);
with the passing of the ''Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929'' to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Road 164 on 8 April 1929.
Main Road 164 was extended north to
Avalon Beach on 21 February 1933,
and then again to
Palm Beach on 17 July 1934,;
it was officially named Barrenjoey Road, between Ocean Road in
Palm Beach and
Pittwater Road in
Mona Vale, on 10 January 1951.
The passing of the ''Roads Act of 1993'' updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Barrenjoey Road retains its declaration as part of Main Road 164.
Barrenjoey Road was signed State Route 14 in 1974, but was decommissioned in 1998.
Disappearance of Trudie Adams
Trudie Adams disappeared in the early hours of 25 June 1978 after attending a dance at the
Newport Surf Life Saving Club. She hitchhikied home, entering a vehicle on Barrenjoey Road, and has not been seen since. Her disappearance is significant in that it sparked New South Wales' biggest missing person search at the time,
sparked extensive and ongoing national media attention, and eventually a A$250,000 reward.
Major intersections
Barrenjoey Road is entirely contained within the
Northern Beaches Council
The Northern Beaches Council is a Local government areas of New South Wales, local government area located in the Northern Beaches (Sydney), Northern Beaches region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed o ...
local government area.
See also
References
{{Streets of Sydney Australia , state=expanded
Streets in Sydney
Highways in New South Wales
Palm Beach, New South Wales