Appin Road
{{Short description|Road in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{refimprove|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| road_name = Appin Road
| state = nsw
| type = road
| image = Appin Rd.jpg
| caption = Heading south along Appin Road, Campbelltown
| length = 31.6
| gazetted = August 1928
| route = {{AUshield|NSW|B69}} B69 {{small|(2013–present)}}
| former = {{AUshield|S|69}} State Route 69 {{small|(1974–2013)}}
| coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.074873|150.808326|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}}
| coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.305507|150.904315|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}}
| pushpin_label_position_a = top
| pushpin_label_position_b = bottom
| direction_a = North
| direction_b = South
| end_a = Oxley Street
{{small|Campbelltown, Sydney}}
| end_b = {{AUshield|NSW|M1}} Princes Motorway
{{small|Bulli Tops, New South Wales}}
| exits = {{plainlist|
- {{AUshield|NSW|B69}} Narellan Road
- Wilton Road}}
| through = {{NSWcity|Gilead|Appin}}
}}
Appin Road is a New South Wales secondary highway linking Campbelltown and Sydney's western suburbs with Wollongong. It is named after Appin, which lies on its path.
Route
Appin Road commences at the intersection with Oxley Street and Narellan Road in Campbelltown and heads in a southerly direction as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, narrowing to a two-lane, single carriageway road at Rosemeadow, to Appin, before continuing in a south-easterly direction to the interchange with Princes Motorway at Bulli Tops, in the Illawarra region just north of Bulli.
History
The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924[http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ 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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ |date=11 August 2022 }} 10 November 1924 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 (later the Department of Main Roads, and eventually Transport for NSW). Main Road No. 177 was declared along this road on 8 August 1928, from the intersection with Narellan Road in Campbelltown, via Appin to the intersection with Princes Highway near the top of Bull Pass (and continuing north along Campbelltown Road to the intersection with Hume Highway at Crossroads); with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15 State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812065622/https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15 |date=12 August 2022 }} 8 April 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Road 177 on 8 April 1929.
The passing of the Roads Act of 1993[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033 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.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ |date=11 August 2022 }} 10 November 1924 updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Appin Road retains its declaration as part of Main Road 177.{{cite web |url=https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf |title=Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads |author=Transport for NSW |date=August 2022 |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825104657/https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf |url-status=dead }}
The route was allocated State Route 69 in 1974. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route B69.{{cite web |url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/key-build-programs/alpha-numeric/southern-factsheet.pdf |title=Road number and name changes in Southern NSW |work=Roads & Maritime Services |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=2012 |access-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409041446/https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/roads/using-roads/alpha-numeric/southern-factsheet.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}
Major intersections
{{NSWint
|LGA=Campbelltown
|LGAspan=3
|location_special={{NSWcity|Campbelltown}}–{{NSWcity|Bradbury}} boundary
|lspan=3
|type=trans
|km=0.0
|uspan=3
|road=Oxley Street (north){{NSWcity|p=on|Campbelltown|Leumeah|Casula}}
|notes=Northern terminus of road
}}
{{NSWint
|type=trans
|km=none
|road={{AUshield|NSW|B69}} Narellan Road (B69 west){{NSWcity|p=on|Narellan|Penrith|Windsor}}
to {{AUshield|NSW|M31}} Hume Motorway (M31){{NSWcity|p=on|Prestons|Mittagong|Goulburn}}
|notes=Route B69 continues west along Narellan Road
}}
{{NSWint
|km=none
|road=The Parkway (east){{NSWcity|p=on|Bradbury}}
|notes=
}}
{{NSWint
|LGAS=Wollondilly
|location=Appin
|km=14.7
|road=Wilton Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Wilton|Picton}}
|notes=
}}
{{jctbridge
|river=Georges River
|km=15.9
|bridge=Kings Falls Bridge}}
{{NSWint
|LGAS=Wollondilly
|location_special=Bulli Tops
|type=trans
|km=31.6
|road={{AUshield|NSW|M1}} Princes Motorway (M1){{NSWcity|p=on|Bulli|Wollongong|Albion Park}}
|notes=Southern terminus of road and route B69
}}
{{jctbtm|conv=off|keys=trans}}
See also
{{portal-inline|Australian Roads}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Road infrastructure in New South Wales}}
{{Illawarra region topics}}