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New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
Metroad 7 (Cumberland Highway / Pennant Hills Road)

Metroad 7 is a collection of local roads that form one route.

Metroad 7 starts at the interchange with the M2 motorway at Carlingford and terminates at the intersection of Pennant Hills Road and the Pacific Highway at Normanhurst (on Sydney's north shore).

Length:
7 km
Route Numbers:
 

M2 Off-Ramp to Pennant Hills Road
Approaching the intersection with Pennant Hills Road at West Pennant Hills. With old Metroad 7 signage for the right hand turn. October 2005.

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Castle Hill Road Approach
Approaching the intersection with Castle Hill Road at West Pennant Hills, northbound.

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Advance Directional Sign
AD sign for Castle Hill Road at West Pennant Hills.

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West Pennant Hills
Castle Hill Road intersection, which is also known as Thompson's Corner.

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Castle Hill Road / Thompson's Corner
Looking northwards at West Pennant Hills.

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Castle Hill Road / Thompson's Corner
Approaching Thompsons Corner, southbound at West Pennant Hills. December 2005.

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Distance Sign, West Pennant Hills
This photo is of the distance sign just after Thompson's Corner.

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Approaching Beecroft Road
At West Pennant Hills outside Mt St Benedicts Girls College, looking north to the Beecroft Road intersection.

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Beecroft Road Turn Off
Looking north at Thornleigh in the middle of Beecroft Road intersection which is split into inbound and outbound sections between Observatory Park.

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Boundary Road Intersection
Heading northbound at Thornleigh approaching the Boundary Road turn off.

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Boundary Road Intersection
Heading northbound at Thornleigh at the Boundary Road turn off.

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Boundary Road Intersection
Heading northbound at Thornleigh at the Boundary Road turn off.

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Thornleigh
Northbound through the Thornleigh shopping strip as you near the intersection with Yarrara Road and The Crescent.

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Thornleigh
Southbound through the Thornleigh shopping strip.

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Duffy Avenue Intersection
Looking north at the intersection with Pennant Hills Road and Duffy Avenue at Thornleigh.

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Directional Sign
Standard directional signs along the route facing secondary roads connecting to Pennant Hills Road. This one is located on the Duffy Avenue intersection at Thornleigh.

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Near Dartford Road
Looking northbound at Normanhurst near the schools and Dartford Road.

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Sign Announcing Route Number Change
This sign gantry has been around longer than Metroad 7 and has been updated in the 90s with a sign to reflect the route change 1 km away. This near Dartford Road, looking north at Normanhurst.

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Hinemoa Avenue Normanhurst
Taken February 2005, near the Hinemoa Avenue signals at Normanhurst, shows a southbound typical section of road, just metres from the end of the F3 Freeway.

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AD Sign for F3 Freeway
Looking north on Pennant Hills Road at Wahroonga where the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway joins Metroad 7.

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Directional Sign to Freeway
This is another old gantry with newer signage, this used to have old 'Freeway Green' signage at one stage but has been updated at some point. Corner of the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and Pennant Hills Road - the terminus of National Highway 1, State Route 83 and Metroad 7.

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Advance Directional Sign
AD sign on the Pacific Hwy (Metroad 1) near the Sydney-Newcastle Fwy (NH1) interchange at Wahroonga. May 2007.

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Looking north along SR83
From the terminus of NR1, SR83 and Metroad 7, we look north towards Pearce's Corner on State Route 83 at Wahroonga.

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