Cumberland Highway

Cumberland Highway

(numerous constituent roads)

New South Wales
Cumberland Highway; (numerous constituent roads); New South Wales
	Cumberland Highway as Pennant Hills Road at Thornleigh in 2016
	Northeast end Southwest end
Coordinates	33°43′12″S 151°06′22″E (Northeast end); 33°54′53″S 150°55′14″E (Southwest end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	34.2 km (21 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928 (as Main Road 13, Pennant Hills Road); August 1988 (as State Highway 13, Cumberland Highway)
Route number(s)	A28 (2013–present); Entire length; Concurrency:; A40 (2013–present); (North Parramatta–Constitution Hill);
Former; route number	See Pennant Hills Road; (Wahroonga–North Parramatta); State Route 40 (2007–2013); Metroad 7 (1993–2005); State Route 77 (1988–1993); State Route 53 (1977–1988); (North Parramatta–Constitution Hill); Metroad 7 (1993–2005); State Route 77 (1988–1993); (Constitution Hill–Liverpool);
Major junctions
Northeast end	Pacific Highway; Wahroonga, Sydney
	Pacific Motorway; NorthConnex; M2 Hills Motorway; Marsden Road; James Ruse Drive; Windsor Road; Old Windsor Road; Great Western Highway; M4 Western Motorway;
Southwest end	Hume Highway; Liverpool, Sydney
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales;

Cumberland Highway is a 34-kilometre (21 mi) long urban highway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highway links Pacific Highway and Pacific Motorway (M1) at Pearces Corner, Wahroonga in the northeast with Hume Highway at Liverpool in the southwest. 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: Pennant Hills Road, James Ruse Drive, Briens Road, Old Windsor Road, Hart Drive, Freame Street, Emert Street, Jersey Road, Betts Road, Warren Road, Smithfield Road, Palmerston Road, (New) Cambridge Street, Joseph Street and Orange Grove Road. The entire length of Cumberland Highway is designated part of route A28.

The name of the highway is derived from the Cumberland Plain and Cumberland County. The name Cumberland was conferred on the county by Governor Arthur Phillip in honour of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.

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