Parramatta Valley cycleway
{{Short description|Shared use path in Sydney, Australia}}
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| location = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| trailheads ={{unbulleted list|Morrison Bay Park in {{NSWcity|Ryde}} {{small|(east)}} to|{{nowrap|Parramatta Park in Parramatta {{small|(west)}}}}}}
| use = Cycling; pedestrians
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The Parramatta Valley cycleway is a {{convert|15|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}}{{cite map |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/Sydney+Olympic+Park+NSW+2127/South+Wentworthville,+New+South+Wales/@-33.8243694,150.9878627,18.12z/data=!4m44!4m43!1m35!1m1!1s0x6b12a4b8ce599c85:0x5017d681632bac0!2m2!1d151.06488!2d-33.84801!3m4!1m2!1d151.0486502!2d-33.8462529!3s0x6b12a4aa8d26b287:0x6da177c49116d2e0!3m4!1m2!1d151.0437024!2d-33.8434196!3s0x6b12a3544be2b629:0x76a16c12f8528e8e!3m4!1m2!1d151.0433498!2d-33.8434139!3s0x6b12a35445da1cdf:0x8469a05d390ce461!3m4!1m2!1d150.993132!2d-33.827044!3s0x6b12a2d13c8c01b7:0x13017d67e57e9361!3m4!1m2!1d150.9878813!2d-33.8247802!3s0x6b12a2cfd254168b:0xa64fcda7dae07bc6!3m4!1m2!1d150.9875419!2d-33.824312!3s0x6b12a2cfb90c82a3:0x8076ecbf00b55d6d!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b12a2b6e6e21149:0x5017d681632cb70!2m2!1d150.96541!2d-33.82344!3e1 |title=Grove Creek to 2 Macquarie Street, Parramatta NSW 2150 |publisher=Google Maps |date= |access-date=11 December 2016 }} shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians that is generally aligned with the Parramatta River in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The eastern terminus of the cycleway is at Morrison Bay Park in {{NSWcity|Ryde}} and heads west along dedicated bike paths, quiet streets and the river foreshore to its western terminus at Parramatta Park in Parramatta.{{cite web|title=Cycling in Sydney: Ryde Bridge to Parramatta Park |url=http://www.thetravellinglindfields.com/2015/04/cycling-in-sydney-ryde-bridge-to.html|accessdate=4 July 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.discoverparramatta.com/travel_and_maps/cycling |title=Travel and maps: cycling |work=Discover Parrmatta |publisher=Parramatta Council |date= |access-date=11 December 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/bicycles/cyclewayfinder/index.html |title=Cycleway Finder |edition=Version 3 |work=Roads & Maritime Services |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=2016 |access-date=4 December 2016 }}
Route
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\fKBHFa~~0~~{{NSWcity|Ryde}} {{small|({{coord|33.826496|S|151.114941|E|format=dms}})}}
\fABZg+l~~to/from~~Cooks River cycleway
\fHST~~9.5~~Rydalmere
\fHST~~13.1~~Parramatta River
\fABZg+l~~to/from~~M4 cycleway
\fHST~~14.3~~Lennox Bridge
\fKBHFe~~15~~Parramatta Park {{small|({{coord|33.811240|S|150.997245|E|format=dms}})}}
{{small|Connects with the Windsor Road cycleway}}}}
There is a short on-road section along Lancaster Avenue Melrose Park, and elevated steel mesh boardwalks through Ermington Nature Reserve. There used to be a further short on-road section via Pike Street and South Street Rydalmere to Subiaco Creek, but this is no longer the case since the Subiaco Creek link opened in June 2017. There is an elevated steel mesh boardwalk through Baludarri Wetlands.{{cite news |url=http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/2802135/baludarri-wetlands-path-froms-cycleway-link/ |title=Baludarri Wetlands path forms cycleway link |newspaper=Parramatta Sun |location=NSW. |date=7 January 2015 |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705071025/http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/2802135/baludarri-wetlands-path-froms-cycleway-link/ |archive-date=5 July 2015 |url-status=dead }} Cyclists cross Macarthur Street, Parramatta then use the Gasworks Bridge to continue along the south side of the Parramatta River, before crossing back to the north side at the Parramatta ferry wharf. The decision to put a tunnel through Lennox Bridge was controversial,{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/outrage-over-plan-to-put-tunnels-through-convictbuilt-bridge-20121104-28s6g.html |title=Outrage over plan to put tunnels through convict-built bridge |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |location=NSW. |date=5 November 2012}} but the tunnel opened in 2015 and links the cycleway with Parramatta Park. There are connections to Rhodes and Olympic Park via Ryde Bridge or Meadowbank Railway Bridge; to Windsor Road cycleway via Parramatta Park and Westmead and then connecting to the M7 cycleway and to the M4 cycleway via Harris Street and Good Street, Harris Park.
In September 2016, the NSW Government and Parramatta Council announced plans to complete a missing link adjacent to Subiaco Creek in Rydalmere. The $4.5 million project was completed in June 2017.{{cite news |url=http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/4195268/new-journey-for-cycleway/ |title=Work starts on Parramatta Valley Cycleway's missing link between Lake Parramatta and Putney |work=The Parramatta Holroyd Sun |author=Stevens, Kylie |date=28 September 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}
Cycleway use
In the 12 months to February 2014, between 175 and 300 cyclists used the Parramatta Valley cycleway at Rydalmere on an average weekday, with a greater number on the weekend.{{cite web |url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/bicycles/statistics/index.html |title=Cycling statistics |work=Roads & Maritime Services |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=March 2016 |access-date= }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.bicyclensw.org.au Bicycle NSW website]
- {{cite web |url=http://www.bicycleinfo.nsw.gov.au/ |title=NSW Bike Plan |work=Bicycle Information for New South Wales |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121070458/http://www.bicycleinfo.nsw.gov.au/ |archivedate=21 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/34843/ParramattaBikePlan.pdf |title=Parramatta Bike Plan |date=2009 |publisher=Parramatta City Council |author1=Parramatta City Council |author2=Urban Arc Pty Ltd }}
- {{cite map |url=http://www.discoverparramatta.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/58187/Parramatta_and_Westmead_By_Bicycle.pdf |title=Westmead and Parramatta by bicycle |work=Discover Parramatta |publisher=City of Parramatta Council |date=2016 }}
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