A38 (Sydney)

A38

(numerous constituent roads)

New South Wales
A38; (numerous constituent roads); New South Wales
	Early evening traffic of A38 on Roseville Bridge
	West end East end
Coordinates	33°47′39″S 151°08′04″E / 33.794282°S 151.134434°E (West end); 33°45′31″S 151°16′50″E / 33.758678°S 151.280498°E (East end);
General information
Type	Road
Length	17.9 km (11 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928
Route number(s)	A38 (2013–present)
Former; route number	State Route 29 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
West end	Epping Road; North Ryde, Sydney
	M2 Hills Motorway; Pacific Highway; Forest Way; Wakehurst Parkway;
East end	Pittwater Road; Dee Why, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Chatswood, Roseville, Frenchs Forest, Beacon Hill
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales; ; ;

The A38 is a route designation of a major metropolitan arterial route through suburban Sydney, linking M2 Hills Motorway in North Ryde and Pittwater Road (A8) in Dee Why. This name covers a few consecutive roads and is widely known to most drivers, but the entire allocation is also known – and signposted – by the names of its constituent parts: Delhi Road, Millwood Avenue, Fullers Road, Pacific Highway, Boundary Street, Babbage Road and Warringah Road.^[3]

The A38 also has some notable bridges: Fullers Bridge (built in 1938) and Roseville Bridge (a newer bridge which replaced an older one in 1966).

Route

The A38 commences at the intersection with Epping Road in North Ryde and heads in an easterly direction as Delhi Road as a two-lane, single carriageway road, crossing into Chatswood West over the Lane Cove River via Fullers Bridge and becoming Milwood Avenue, intersecting with and turning into Fullers Road a short distance afterwards. It meets and runs north along Pacific Highway in Chatswood for a short distance before turning off and heading east along Boundary Street in Roseville as a four-lane, single carriageway road, before widening into a six-lane, dual-carriageway road and changing name to Babbage Road in Roseville Chase, before changing name again to Warringah Road just before it crosses Middle Harbour via Roseville Bridge. It continues in an easterly direction through Frenchs Forest before eventually terminating at the intersection with Pittwater Road in Dee Why.

History

The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924^[4] through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (MRB). Main Road No. 191 was declared along this route on 8 August 1928, from Ryde to the intersection with Great Northern Highway (today Pacific Highway at Chatswood);^[2] with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929^[5] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Road 191 on 8 April 1929. Main Road 328 was declared along this route on 24 January 1933, from the intersection with Pacific Highway at Roseville along Boundary Street and Babbage Road, over Roseville Bridge, and along Middle Harbour Road, Rodborough Road, Beacon Hill Road and May Road to Dee Why.^[6]

Parts of Main Road 328 - namely Middle Harbour Road and the western section of Rodborough Road, the western section of Beacon Hill Road and the western section of May Road - were officially re-named Warringah Road, between Roseville Bridge and Pittwater Road in Dee Why, on 10 January 1951.^[7]

The passing of the Roads Act of 1993^[8] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the A38 retains its declaration as Main Roads 191 (from North Ryde to Chatswood) and 328 (from Roseville to Dee Why), and part of Highway 10 (Pacific Highway from Chatswood to Roseville).^[9]

The route was allocated State Route 29 in 1974. When M2 Hills Motorway opened in 1997 and Metroad 2 was re-aligned onto it from the western section of Epping Road, the western end of State Route 29 was extended along Epping Road to terminate at Lane Cove Road (then Metroad 3, now A3).^[10] With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, it was truncated back to the interchange of Delhi Road with Hills Motorway, and replaced with route A38.^[11]

An underpass along Warringah Road was constructed in the Frenchs Forest area as part of the Northern Beaches Hospital Road Connectivity and Network Enhancement Project (Stage 2). The underpass opened to traffic on 28 March 2020.^[12] It allows Warringah Road traffic to bypass three sets of traffic lights at Forest Way, Hilmer Street and Wakehurst Parkway. Upgrades along Wakehurst Parkway would also help to connect the A38 to the proposed Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link.^[13]

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Ryde	North Ryde–Macquarie Park boundary	0.0	0.0	Epping Road – Epping, North Ryde, Lane Cove	Western end of Delhi Road
Ryde	North Ryde–Macquarie Park boundary	0.2	0.12	M2 Hills Motorway (M2) – Seven Hills, Eastern Creek, Prestons	Northbound entrance and southbound exit only Western terminus of route A38
Lane Cove River		2.4	1.5	Fullers Bridge
Willoughby	Chatswood West–Chatswood boundary	3.6	2.2	Fullers Road (west) – Chatswood West	Eastern end of Millwood Avenue, western end of Fullers Road
	Chatswood	4.6	2.9	Help Street (east) – Chatswood	Eastern end of Fullers Road
	Chatswood	4.6	2.9	Pacific Highway (A1 south) – Artarmon, North Sydney	Concurrency with Pacific Highway
Willoughby–Ku-ring-gai boundary	Roseville	5.6	3.5	Pacific Highway (A1 north) – Pymble, Wahroonga, Berowra	Concurrency with Pacific Highway
		5.6	3.5	Corona Avenue (west) – Roseville	Western end of Boundary Street
		5.8	3.6	North Shore railway line
		7.2	4.5	Boundary Street (east) – Roseville Chase to Eastern Valley Way – Castlecrag	No right turn eastbound onto Babbage Road Eastern end of Boundary Street, western end of Babbage Road
Ku-ring-gai	Roseville–Roseville Chase boundary	7.4	4.6	Clive Street (south) – Roseville Chase to Eastern Valley Way – Castlecrag	No left turn westbound onto Babbage Road
Middle Harbour		8.8	5.5	Roseville Bridge
Northern Beaches	Frenchs Forest	12.6	7.8	Forest Way – Belrose	Access via service roads
	Frenchs Forest	13.3	8.3	Wakehurst Parkway – North Narrabeen, Seaforth, Northern Beaches Hospital	Access via service roads
	Brookvale–Dee Why boundary	17.9	11.1	Harbord Road (south) – Freshwater
	Brookvale–Dee Why boundary	17.9	11.1	Pittwater Road (A8) – Mona Vale, Narrabeen, Mosman	Eastern terminus of route A38 Eastern end of Warringah Road
Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Tolled Route transition

References

^ ^a ^b "A38 road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Spatial Information Exchange". New South Wales Land and Property Information.
^ State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
^ State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the MRB; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. Archived 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929
^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1931". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 19. National Library of Australia. 3 February 1933. p. 526. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1950". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 16. National Library of Australia. 2 February 1951. p. 290. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ State of New South Wales, An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes. Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
^ Transport for NSW (August 2022). "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ State Route 29, Ozroads, Retrieved on 9 August 2013.^{[self-published source]}
^ "Road number and name changes in Sydney" (PDF). Roads and Maritime Services. Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "Opening the Warringah Road underpass to traffic" (PDF). Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime. Transport for NSW. March 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Northern Beaches Hospital Road Connectivity and Network Enhancement Project" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[gmaps-1] "A38 road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[nswgovgaz28-2] "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[3] "Spatial Information Exchange". New South Wales Land and Property Information.

[4] State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924

[5] State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the MRB; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. Archived 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929

[nswgovgaz33-6] "Main Roads Act, 1924-1931". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 19. National Library of Australia. 3 February 1933. p. 526. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[nswgovgaz51-7] "Main Roads Act, 1924-1950". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 16. National Library of Australia. 2 February 1951. p. 290. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[8] State of New South Wales, An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes. Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924

[nswroadsched-9] Transport for NSW (August 2022). "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[SR29-10] State Route 29, Ozroads, Retrieved on 9 August 2013.^{[self-published source]}

[11] "Road number and name changes in Sydney" (PDF). Roads and Maritime Services. Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[12] "Opening the Warringah Road underpass to traffic" (PDF). Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime. Transport for NSW. March 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[13] "Northern Beaches Hospital Road Connectivity and Network Enhancement Project" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2017.

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