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Westlink M7 Motorway (Hoxton Park to Prestons)

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.

For more details on the Westlink M7, click here for the official site.

This page looks at the M7 between Hoxton Park and Prestons (Southern Terminus)

Length:
6 km
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Bernera Road Interchange
Southbound at Prestons, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

AD Sign
Large advance directional sign after the Bernera Road interchange at Prestons, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

AD Sign
Large advance directional sign approaching the M5 interchange at Prestons, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Toll Gantry
Southbound toll scanners before the junction with the M5 motorway. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

M5 South Western Motorway Interchange
Looking south through the M5 interchange, left hand exit is citybound. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

The Great Pyramid
Pyramid constructed from the leftover earth from the construction of the M7, southbound at the M5 interchange, December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

M5 South Western Motorway Interchange
Looking south through the M5 interchange, left hand exit is for local traffic and the right hand exit is the M5 connection taking traffic to Campbelltown, Goulburn, Canberra, Yass, Albury and eventually Melbourne. December 2005.

Image © Paul Rands