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Westlink M7 Motorway (Kings Park to Rooty Hill)

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 Kings Park and Rooty Hill.

Length (This Section):
10 km
Route Numbers:
 

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

Image © Paul Rands

 

VMS and Cycleway
Westbound at Quakers Hill as you approach the Quakers Hill Parkway interchange (background) and under the VMS and cycleway. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

AD Sign
Advance directional sign for Richmond Road, westbound, December 2005 at Quakers Hill.

Image © Paul Rands

AD Sign
Advance directional sign for the Richmond Road interchange as you pass under Symonds Road at Dean Park. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Richmond Road Exit
Variable Message Sign with Richmond Road exit in the background at Deans Park, December 2005

Image © Paul Rands

Deans Park
M7 as it makes a turn south. This is the future interchange with the County of Cumberland planned Castlereagh Freeway. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

 

Distance Sign
RD sign as you head south at Deans Park, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Power Street Interchange AD Sign
Driving under the Lamb Road overpass, with the advance directional sign for Power Street in the foreground, December 2005, Kings Park.

Image © Paul Rands

Power Street Interchange
Interchange with Power Street at Glendenning, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Variable Speed Sign
Used the full length of the motorway, these variable speed limit signs are southbound at Glendenning. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands