A6 (Sydney)

A6

(numerous constituent roads)

New South Wales
A6; (numerous constituent roads); New South Wales
	Alfords Point Bridge
	North end South end
Coordinates	33.779626°S 151.052286°E (North end); 34.079481°S 151.010720°E (South end);
General information
Type	Road
Length	40.8 km (25 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928
Route number(s)	A6 (2013–present)
Former; route number	Metroad 6 (1999–2013); State Route 45 (1974–1999);
Major junctions
North end	Cumberland Highway; Carlingford, Sydney
	Victoria Road; Western Motorway; Parramatta Road; Hume Highway; Canterbury Road; South Western Motorway; Henry Lawson Drive; Bangor Bypass;
South end	Princes Highway; Heathcote, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Eastwood, Ermington, Silverwater, Auburn, Lidcombe, Chullora, Bankstown, Alfords Point, Menai, Barden Ridge, Lucas Heights
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales;

The A6 is a route designation of a major metropolitan arterial route through suburban Sydney, linking Cumberland Highway at Carlingford and Princes Highway at Heathcote, via Lidcombe and Bankstown. This name covers a few consecutive roads and is widely known to most drivers, but the entire allocation is also known – and signposted – by the names of its constituent parts: Marsden Road, Stewart Street, Kissing Point Road, Silverwater Road, St Hilliers Road, Boorea Street, Olympic Drive, Joseph Street, Rookwood Road, Stacey Street, Fairford Road, Davies Road, Alfords Point Road, New Illawarra Road and Heathcote Road.

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