M4 Motorway (Sydney)
The M4 Motorway is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) series of partially-tolled dual carriageway motorways in Sydney, New South Wales designated as route M4. The M4 designation is part of the wider A4 and M4 route designation, the M4 runs parallel and/or below ground to Great Western Highway, Parramatta Road and City West Link, which are part of route A44.
M4 Motorway | |
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| Aerial view looking east in December 2010 | |
West end East end | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Motorway |
| Length | 54.8 km (34 mi) |
| Opened | 1971–1993 (Glenbrook-Strathfield) 2019–2023 (Strathfield–Rozelle) |
| Gazetted | February 1977 |
| Route number(s) | M4 (2013–present) |
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| West end | Great Western Highway Glenbrook, Sydney |
| East end | Western Distributor Rozelle, Sydney |
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| Major suburbs | Penrith, Prospect, Parramatta, Granville, Clyde, Auburn, Homebush, Concord |
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The M4 Motorway comprises two connected parts:
- Western Motorway is the original section, completed between 1971 and 1993 between Glenbrook and Concord, before continuing west as Great Western Highway through the Blue Mountains towards Bathurst. In 2017, the section between Church Street in Parramatta to Concord was widened and tolled as part of WestConnex.
- An eastern tunnel extension of the M4 from Homebush to Rozelle was completed between 2019 and 2023 as part of WestConnex. This extension had been known as M4 East during planning stages and had been proposed since the 1990s. Its eastern end is the Rozelle Interchange with connections with the M8 Motorway, Victoria Road and the Anzac Bridge.
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