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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
Westlink M7 Motorway (Construction Photos)
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 section concentrates on the motorway's construction.
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Old
Windsor Road
Old Windsor Road at Kings Langley - Shows
work for the WSO overpass - note the pylon formation.
Taken Easter 2004 from Southbound carriageway.
Image © Paul Rands
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Old
Windsor Road
Old Windsor Road at Kings Langley - Shows
work for the WSO overpass. Taken Easter 2004 from Southbound
carriageway.
Image © Paul Rands
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M2
Motorway
Taken Westbound at Seven Hills at Windsor Road end of
M2 motorway. Taken Easter 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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M2
Motorway
Taken Westbound at Seven Hills at Windsor Road end of
M2 motorway. Taken Easter 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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Approach
to M2 Motorway connection to the M7
At Seven Hills looking west, this is near
the M2 motorway connection. February 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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M2
Motorway connection to the M7
At Seven Hills looking west, this is the
M2 motorway connection. February 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Sunnyholt
Road Blacktown
Taken Southbound at Kings Park. This section
was a 2 lane rural road which had surburbia encroach
upon it. Image shows widening work for the the M7 WestLink
/ WSO interchange. Taken Easter 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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Sunnyholt
Road Blacktown
Taken Southbound at Kings Park. This section
was a 2 lane rural road which had surburbia encroach
upon it. Image shows widening work for the the M7 WestLink
/ WSO interchange. Taken Easter 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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Upgrade
works to Eastern Road Rooty Hill
Looking west at Rooty Hill near the playing
fields, you can see work in preparation for the M7.
February 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Eastern
Road Rooty Hill
Approach Phillip Parkway coversion to
M7 works at Rooty Hill. February 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Great Western Highway Connection
Eastern Creek Connection (Phillip Parkway
in 2005) of the M7. December 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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Electronic
Tolling Gantry
Taken December 2004, this is a gantry
that will be used to collect tolls from vehicles electronically
at the off-ramp to the Great Western Highway (SR44)
at Eastern Creek.
Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 249 F5
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New
ramps at the Great Western Highway
Photo looking West on the Great Western
Highway (SR44) at Eastern Creek. It shows the progress
of the Westlink M7 overpass, etc.
Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 249 F5
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New
ramps at the Great Western Highway
Photo looking West on the Great Western
Highway (SR44) at Eastern Creek. It shows the progress
of the Westlink M7 overpass, etc.
Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 249 F5
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M4
Motorway / Lighthorse Interchange
M4 Motorway Eastern Creek - Shows Walgrove
Road and WSO Junction construction. Taken Easter 2004
from Eastbound carriageway.
Image © Paul Rands
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M4
Motorway / Lighthorse Interchange
M4 Motorway Eastern Creek - Shows Walgrove
Road and WSO Junction construction. Taken Easter 2004
from Eastbound carriageway.
Image © Paul Rands
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M4
Motorway / Lighthorse Interchange
M4 Motorway Eastern Creek - Shows Walgrove
Road and WSO Junction construction - note formation
of bridge pylon. Taken Easter 2004 from Eastbound carriageway.
Image © Paul Rands
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Lighthorse
M4 / Westlink M7 Interchange
Shows construction progress of the Lighthorse
M4 / Westlink M7 Interchange at Eastern Creek looking
Southbound.
Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 249 E9
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Lighthorse
M4 / Westlink M7 Interchange
Shows construction progress of the Lighthorse
M4 / Westlink M7 Interchange at Eastern Creek looking
Southbound.
Image © Paul Rands
Sydway Ref: 249 E9
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Lighthorse Interchange Construction
Eastbound at Eastern Creek as you travel along the
M4 Motorway, October 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Lighthorse Interchange Construction
Eastbound at Eastern Creek as you travel along the
M4 Motorway, October 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Lighthorse Interchange Construction
Eastbound at Eastern Creek as you travel along the
M4 Motorway, October 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Lighthorse Interchange Construction
Eastbound at Eastern Creek as you travel along the
M4 Motorway, October 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Looking
North at Horsley Park
Looking towards Eastern Creek from Redmayne
Road, Horsley Park. December 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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Looking
South at Horsley Park
Looking towards Liverpool from Redmayne
Road, Horsley Park. December 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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M7
Construction at Hoxton Park
Taken from the former entrance to the
Hoxton Park Aerodrome, this is the construction works
at Hoxton Park, December 2004.
Image © Paul Rands
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