:''Distinguish from the road of the same name in

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, on the eastern side of

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.'' The Southern Cross Drive is a dual carriage untolled

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in Sydney,

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, Australia. Part of the M1 and Sydney Orbital Network, the road, a

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that opened in 1969, links the

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and South Dowling Street at Kensington in the north to

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in the south. In August 2013 the Southern Cross Drive carried about 20,000 vehicles per day, both north and southbound. Southern Cross Drive was originally built to provide access to the Sydney central business district for suburbs in

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and South-eastern Sydney, and originally terminated at Wentworth Avenue at . A road project to extend Southern Cross Drive further south-west as an elevated roadway over Wentworth Avenue, Botany and Mill Pond Roads - and over reclaimed swampland including the Mill Pond, the Mill Steam, and Botany Dams, much of which has been reclaimed for

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s (including the Eastlakes Golf Club, The Lakes Golf Club and Bonnie Doon Golf Club) - to connect directly to General Holmes Drive on the eastern border of

, opened in February 1988.

Alignment

With the development of many other motorways and freeways, Southern Cross Drive is part of the Sydney Orbital Network, providing links without interruption between

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, Eastern Suburbs, the

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and

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. It allows a continuous link from the

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, General Holmes Drive,

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and the

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. It has connection points at Mill Pond Drive / Botany Road, Wentworth Avenue, Link Road and O'Dea / Todman Avenues. There were plans to construct south-facing ramps from Gardeners Road to Southern Cross Drive. The road also provides suburban access to the Sydney suburbs of and adjoining suburbs. South of Wentworth Avenue and north of Botany Road, Southern Cross Drive is elevated above the ARTC Southern Sydney Freight Line. A road bridge carrying Gardeners Road was completed in 1969, elevated above Southern Cross Drive at Eastlakes.

Exits and interchanges

Gallery

SouthernCrossDrive.jpg, Southern Cross Drive, southerly direction, at the Link Road, Rosebery entrance. Also visible are lane markings to notify motorists of the approaching southern entrance to the

. Southern Cross Drive crossing Wentworth Avenue by Pengo.jpg, Crossing over Wentworth Avenue with surrounding golf courses.

References

Streets in Sydney Highway 1 (Australia) {{Australia-road-stub