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Westlink M7 Motorway (Baulkham Hills to Kings Park)

Originally named the Western Sydney Orbital (WSO), the Westlink M7 is the electronic tollway in Western Sydney. Beginning at the Hume Highway, Prestons in the South, the motorway intersects the M4 at Eastern Creek (using the Lighthorse Interchange) and the M2 at West Baulkham Hills in the North. There are a total of 17 interchanges along the 40 km motorway.

Travelling from Liverpool to Baulkham Hills, the Westlink M7 bypasses up to 56 sets of traffic lights and can save up to an hour’s travel across Western Sydney. Westlink M7 is a free flow toll road where tolls will be collected electronically. This means motorists have a seamless journey with no slowing down or stopping for toll plazas or boom gates.

Current layout of the roadway consists of 2 lanes in each direction, fully divided to freeway standards with a 100 km/h speed limit.

The motorway passes through Baulkham Hills, Seven Hills, Kings Park, Quakers Hill, Rooty Hill, Eastern Creek, Cecil Park, Hoxton Park and Prestons. It connects the M5 Motorway to the M4 Motorway and M2 Motorway and has Sydney's first full freeway to freeway connections.

This page concentrates on the section between Baulkam Hills and Kings Park.

Length (This Section):
8 km
Route Numbers: Duplexed with  
 

Official Start of M7
Westbound at Seven Hills where the Metroad 2 duplex on the local signage ends and is replaced by M7. Westlink M7 is the first road in NSW to use the new alphanumeric numbering system officially. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Passing under Seven Hills Road
Westbound at Seven Hills, December 2005. Note the unusual covering of the bridge supports, a common feature aling the entire motorway.

Image © Paul Rands

See Through Noise Barriers
A new kind of noise barrier for NSW, these allow you to see local scenery but also block out road noise for local residents. Westbound at Kings Langley, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

AD Sign
Advance directional sign for Sunnyholt Road / Kings Park interchange. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Norwest Boulevarde Overpass
Travelling under Norwest Boulevarde at Norwest, December 2005

Image © Paul Rands

AD Sign
Advance directional sign for Sunnyholt Road / Kings Park interchange. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

 

Blacktown Area Exits Sign
Sign with distances to exits in the Blacktown area, westbound at Blacktown, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Sunnyholt Road Interchange
Driving through the Sunnyholt Road interchange, with the auto toll scanners over the onramp, December 2005, Kings Park.

Image © Paul Rands

Distance Sign
RD sign as you head west at Kings Park, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

AD Sign
Advance directional sign for the Quakers Hill Parkway, westbound, December 2005 at Kings Park.

Image © Paul Rands