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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
State Route 44 (Concord to Lapstone)
State Route 44 is located in metropolitain Sydney and
starts on Parramatta Road at the M4 Motorway at Concord
and terminates at the M4 interchange on Russell Street
Emu Plains.
An east-west route, it passes through major and minor
suburbs including Granville, Parramatta, Westmead, Mount
Druitt and Penrith, and includes Parramatta Road and
also the Great Western Highway, it is the former alignment
of National Route 32.
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Eastbound
on M4
Approaching the exit to the western terminus
of SR44. The western terminus is Russell Street which
connects to the Great Western Highway at Emu Plains,
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Approaching
Western Terminus
Off ramp from the M4 motorway to the Russell
Street interchange at Emu Plains, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Northbound
on Russell Street
Corner of Russell and Lucas Streets, December
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Approaching
Great Western Highway
Nortbound on Russell Street at Emu Plains as
you approach the Great Western Highway, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Corner of Great Western
Highway & Russell Streets
Northbound at Emu Plains. Before the M4
motorway was extended beyond Russell Street, the Great
Western Highway used to head west (left in this photo)
and up the mountains. December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Emu Plains
Distance signage as you pass the Lennox
Shopping Centre, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Emu Plains
Looking east towards Emu Park, just after
the Cary & Pyramid Streets intersection, December
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Emu Plains
Heading through the middle of Emu Park,
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Approaching Gardenia Street
Travelling through Emu Plains, with the
service road on the right hand side. This area has
a wide roadway reservation for future expansion of
the highway that never happened. December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD Sign
Advance directional sign for the intersection
with Old Bathurst Road (former main road west over
the mountains) at Emu Plains, the street on the right
of the photo is Napier Avenue, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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ID Sign
Signage at the intersection with Old Bathurst
Road at Emu Plains, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Emu Plains
Looking east through the shopping strip
at Emu Plains near the Billington Place intersection.
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Corner of Lamrock Street
Eastbound through Emu Plains as you approach
the junction with River Road on the right hand side.
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Merge before Victoria Bridge
Approaching Victoria Bridge at Emu Plains.
The bridge was a rail bridge before the steel truss
bridge beside it was built for trains. When that opened
Victoria Bridge was opened to road traffic and tolled.
December 2005 near Stanton Lane.
Image © Paul Rands
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Victoria Bridge
Victoria Bridge at Emu Plains / Penrith.
The bridge was a rail bridge before the steel truss
bridge beside it was built for trains. When that opened
Victoria Bridge was opened to road traffic and tolled.
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Victoria Bridge
Victoria Bridge at Penrith. The bridge was
a rail bridge before the steel truss bridge beside
it was built for trains. When that opened Victoria
Bridge was opened to road traffic and tolled. December
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Intersection with Bruce
Neale Drive
Heading east into Penrith, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Diagrammatic Signage
Eastbound signage for the Great Western
Highway / Penrith CBD By-Pass, on the corner of the
Great Western Highway and Ladbury Avenue, December
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Diagrammatic Signage
Eastbound signage for the Great Western
Highway / Penrith CBD By-Pass, as you approach the
intersection with Mulgoa Road, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Southbound signage for SR44
Stack sign as you approach High Street from Mulgoa
Road at Penrith.
Image © Paul Rands
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Corner of Jane Street and
Mulgoa Road Penrith
Looking south on Mulgoa Road as you approach
the SR44 junction.
Image © Paul Rands
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Southbound signage for SR44
Stack sign as you approach Jane Street from Mulgoa
Road at Penrith.
Image © Paul Rands
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Diagrammatic Sign
AD signage for the SR44 dog leg through
Penrith. This sign is located near the Nepean Milk
/ Dairy Farmers milk processing plant on Mulgoa Road
(TD14).
Image © Paul Rands
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Distance Signage
Eastbound through Kingswood near Nepean
Hospital after the Parker Street intersection, December
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Kingswood
Driving past the junction with Santley Crescent,
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Kingswood
Travelling over the hill between Kingswood
and Werrington, near the University of Western Sydney
and the TAFE college. December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD Signage
Eastbound through Werrington between Gipps
Street and Werrington Road, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Crossing Byrnes Creek
Eastbound over Byrnes Creek at St Marys,
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound through St Marys
Heading past the St Marys Band Club and ALDI as you
approach the Queen Street & Mamre Road intersection,
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound through St Marys
Heading past the St Marys Band Club as you approach
the Queen Street & Mamre Road intersection, December
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Distance Sign
RD sign near the junction with Magdelaine
Street at St Marys. December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD Stack Sign
Advance directional sign as you approach
the signals at Glossop Street, St Marys.
Image © Sam
Laybutt (ozroads.com.au)
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Approaching Glossop Street
East through St Marys, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Approaching Bennett Road
Eastbound through Colyton near the Bennett
Road junction. Bennett Road used to be the terminus
of the old F4 Freeway back in the 1970s and early
80s.
Image © Paul Rands
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Hewitt Street Approach
Taken on the junction with Melbourne Street,
this is the AD sign for Hewitt Street at Colyton,
December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Distance Sign at Mt Druitt
Eastbound through Mount Druitt, near Simpson
Hill Road, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Mount Druitt Road Junction
Signage dating back to the 1970s prior to
the building of the Mt Druit Westfield (formerly Mt
Druitt Market Town and Mt Druitt Shopping Square),
indicating shops at what is now known locally as Old
Mount Druitt. Shops still exist in the old heart of
Mount Druitt, but are the basic essentials. December
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD Signage for Carlisle
Avenue
Eastbound at Mt Druitt as you approach the
signalised intersection of Carlisle Avenue, December
2005
Image © Paul Rands
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Distance Sign
RD sign at Minchinbury as you pass the Coates
Street intersection, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Minchinbury
Looking east near the Mobil Service Station.
The westbound carriageway was the original road west
before it was duplicated in the 1960s. December 2005
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Rooty Hill
Looking east as you pass the Pinegrove Cemetary.
Rooty Hill is derived from an Indian word 'Ruti'.
Image taken December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD sign
Advance directional sign for Wallgrove Road
(former SR61) at Rooty Hill, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD signage for the Westlink
M7
Eastbound at Rooty Hill at the Wallgrove
Road Intersection. December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Westlink M7 Interchange
Interchange with the M7 at Eastern Creek.
Note the redundant SR61 / Phillip Parkway sign, it
should have been removed when the M7 opened. Image
taken December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Eastern Creek
Looking east past the old OTC land and near
the crossing over Eastern Creek. Note the old 1950s
street lights, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastbound at Arndell Park
Looking east as you pass the Sharp warehouse
and Walters Road. December 2005. Note the kink in
the median strip, that was where the old F4 Freeway
used to terminate at a signalised intersection.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD signage for Reservoir
Road
Eastbound through Blacktown, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Reservoir Road Intersection
East at Blacktown, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Flushcombe Road Intersection
Eastbound at Prospect at the Flushcombe
Road junction, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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AD Signage
Advance Directional Signage for Church Lane
/ Prospect Highway at Prospect, December 2005. This
section of highway was upgraded to 6 lanes in the
mid 1980s to cope with increasing volumes of traffic
after the terminus of the F4 Freeway.
Image © Paul Rands
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Approaching Prospect Highway
Interchange
Eastbound at Prospect, December 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Silverwater
Road Intersection
Photo of State Route 44 signage facing southbound traffic
on Silverwater Road (Metroad 6). February 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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State
Route 44 Eastern Terminus
State Route 44 begins / ends here at the M4 Motorway
intersection at Concord. This photo is facing eastbound
and was taken February 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Silverwater
Road Intersection
Taken February 2005, this photo shows signage for Metroad
6, taken from Parramatta Road (eastbound) at Auburn.
Image © Paul Rands
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