Southern Cross Drive

Southern Cross Drive

New South Wales
Southern Cross Drive; New South Wales
	Aerial view of Southern Cross Drive in 2012, with Botany Lakes and Mill Steam astride the road
	North end South end
Coordinates	33.909925°S 151.213054°E (North end); 33.941048°S 151.192669°E (South end);
General information
Type	Motorway
Length	4.9 km (3.0 mi)
Gazetted	January 1993
Route number(s)	M1 (2013–present)
Former; route number	Metroad 1 (1993–2013); National Route 1 (1992–1993); State Route 64 (1974–1992);
Major junctions
North end	South Dowling Street; Kensington, Sydney
	Wentworth Avenue; Mill Pond Road;
South end	General Holmes Drive; Mascot, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns	Eastlakes, Pagewood, Rosebery
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales;

Southern Cross Drive is a 4.8 km (3 mi) dual carriage untolled motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1 and Sydney Orbital Network, the road, a freeway that opened in 1969, links South Dowling Street (and Eastern Distributor just beyond) at Kensington in the north to General Holmes Drive at Sydney Airport in the south.

Distinguish from the road of the same name in Cape Town, South Africa, on the eastern side of Table Mountain.

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