{{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 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-34.074872,150.808337/-34.3037542,150.9047626/@-34.1887671,150.7968178,12.24z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en |title=Appin Road |access-date=19 August 2022 }}</ref> | gazetted = August 1928 | gazetted_ref = <ref name="nswgovgaz28">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1927 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=110 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=17 August 1928 |pages=3814–20 |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=3 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803050207/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359 |url-status=live }}</ref> | 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'''<br />{{small|[[Campbelltown, New South Wales|Campbelltown, Sydney]]}} | end_b = {{AUshield|NSW|M1}} '''[[Princes Motorway]]'''<br />{{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, New South Wales|Campbelltown]] and Sydney's western suburbs with [[Wollongong]]. It is named after [[Appin, New South Wales|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, New South Wales|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''<ref>[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</ref> 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 (New South Wales)|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);<ref name="nswgovgaz28" /> with the passing of the ''Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929''<ref>[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</ref> 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''<ref>[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</ref> 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.<ref name="nswroadsched">{{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 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{NSWint |LGA=[[City of Campbelltown (New South Wales)|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}}<br />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}} * [[Highways in Australia]] * [[Highways in New South Wales]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Road infrastructure in New South Wales}} {{Illawarra region topics}}
[[Category:Highways in New South Wales]] [[Category:Highways in Sydney]] [[Category:Wollongong]]