{{Short description|Road in New South Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox Australian road | road_name = Camden Valley Way | road_name2 = Old Hume Highway | type = road | state = nsw | length = 23.1 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-33.9578186,150.8871635/-34.0554811,150.6936271/@-34.0067505,150.7565193,13.15z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d150.8389532!2d-33.9505112!3s0x6b129349b5c91129:0x312df2abe6619b7!1m0!3e0?hl=en |title=Camden Valley Way |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref> | route = {{AUshield|NSW|A28}} A28 {{small|(2013–present)<br />(Prestons–Casula)}} | former = {{AUshield|S|89}} State Route 89 {{small|(1980–2013)}}<br />{{AUshield|NH|31}} National Highway 31 {{small|(1974–1980)}}<br />{{AUshield|NR|31}} National Route 31 {{small|(1954–1974)}} | gazetted = August 1928 {{small|(as Main Road 2)}}<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><br />June 1974 {{small|(as Main Road 178)}}<ref name="nswgovgaz74">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220157931 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=81 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=5 July 1974 |pages=2569 |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605033529/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220157931 |url-status=live }}</ref> | mapframe = no | alternative_location_map = Australia NSW metro Sydney | coordinates_a = {{coord|-33.957736|150.887073|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.055500|150.693540|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | pushpin_label_position_a = right | pushpin_label_position_b = right | direction_a = Northeast | direction_b = Southwest | end_a = {{AUshield|NSW|A28}} '''[[Hume Highway]]'''<br />{{small|[[Casula, New South Wales|Casula, Sydney]]}} | end_b = '''[[Old Hume Highway|Murray Street]]'''<br />{{small|[[Camden, New South Wales|Camden, Sydney]]}} | through = {{NSWcity|Prestons|Leppington|Gledswood Hills|Narellan}} | exits = {{plainlist| *{{AUshield|NSW|M7}} [[Westlink M7|WestLink]] *{{AUshield|NSW|M5}} [[M5 Motorway (Sydney)|South Western Motorway]] *{{AUshield|NSW|M31}} [[Hume Highway|Hume Motorway]]}} }}
'''Camden Valley Way''' is a {{convert|23|km|mi|adj=on}}<ref name="gmaps" /> arterial road between the southwestern fringes of suburban [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]] and the historic town of [[Camden, New South Wales|Camden]]. It is a former alignment of [[Hume Highway]].
==Route== Camden Valley Way follows the [[Old Hume Highway]] alignment between the localities of [[Casula, New South Wales|Casula]] and Camden, commencing at the intersection with [[Hume Highway]] and Campbelltown Road at Casula and heading west as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, meeting [[Hume Motorway]] at an interchange at [[Prestons, New South Wales|Prestons]], then intersecting with Bringelly and Cowpasture Roads at [[Horningsea Park, New South Wales|Horningsea Park]] and heading in a southwesterly direction, through [[Leppington, New South Wales|Leppington]] and [[Gledswood Hills, New South Wales|Gledswood]], meeting [[A9 (Sydney)|The Northern]] and [[A9 (Sydney)|Narellan Roads]] at [[Narellan, New South Wales|Narellan]], before eventually terminating at the intersection with Murray Street in [[Camden, New South Wales|Camden]]; Cawdor Road continues south towards [[Remembrance Drive]] along the [[Old Hume Highway]] alignment. The Remembrance Drive is also another former part of the Hume Highway near Camden South.
The road had become an important arterial road serving the fast-growing Sydney’s South West Growth Centre. Since 2015, the road north of The Northern Road is [[dual carriageway]] and has four lanes (two lanes in each direction) with a [[median strip]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gcc.nsw.gov.au/south+west-22.html |title=South West Growth Centre |website=www.gcc.nsw.gov.au |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090519105658/http://www.gcc.nsw.gov.au/south+west-22.html |archive-date=19 May 2009}}</ref><ref name=rms>{{Cite web |title=Camden Valley Way upgrade |url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/sydney-west/camden-valley-way-upgrade/index.html |work=[[Roads & Maritime Services]] |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=2015-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306211145/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/sydney-west/camden-valley-way-upgrade/index.html|archive-date=6 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Camden Bypass=== Camden Valley Way was bypassed by Camden Bypass between Narellan Road and Remembrance Driveway. The highlight of the Camden Bypass is the Macarthur Bridge, a 26-span, {{convert|3380|ft|km|order=flip|adj=mid|-long}} concrete structure that carries the Camden Bypass across the [[Nepean River]] and its flood plain. The bridge was built between 1971 and 1973, originally to carry Hume Highway traffic, on a flood-free alignment around Camden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/State%20Routes/89/sr89.htm|title=State Route 89|publisher=Ozroads|access-date=13 September 2021}}{{self-published source|date=December 2013}}</ref> This bypass was in turn bypassed in December 1980 when the section of what was then called the [[Hume Highway|South Western Freeway]] (F5) from [[Campbelltown, New South Wales|Campbelltown]] to [[Yerrinbool, New South Wales|Yerrinbool]] was opened. It has grown in importance as a major arterial road linking the [[Hume Highway|Hume]], [[Westlink M7]] and [[M5 Motorway (Sydney)|M5 Motorway]]s in Prestons with Camden.<ref name=rms/>
==History== Within New South Wales, 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]] (MRB). Main Road No. 2 was declared along '''Great South Road''' on 8 August 1928, heading southwest from the intersection with Campbelltown Road at [[Casula]] through [[Narellan]] to Camden (and continuing northeast through Liverpool and [[Bankstown]] to the intersection with [[Great Western Highway]] at [[Ashfield, New South Wales|Ashfield]], and continuing southwest through [[Picton, New South Wales|Picton]], [[Mittagong]], [[Goulburn]], [[Yass, New South Wales|Yass]] and [[Gundagai]] to [[Albury]]).<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 MRB; 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 State Highway 2 on 8 April 1929. Great South Road was renamed '''Hume Highway''' later in 1928.<ref name="CRB16AR">{{cite news |url=https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1286145 |title=Country Roads Board Victoria. Sixteenth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1929 |newspaper=[[Country Roads Board]]|location=Melbourne |date=19 November 1929 |page=29 |publisher=Victorian Government Library Service}}</ref>
The western end of Main Road 178 (declared along Narellan Road), previously terminating at the intersection with Hume Highway at Narellan, was extended further west along it to terminate in Camden on 5 June 1974,<ref name="nswgovgaz74" /> resulting from the opening of Camden Bypass and the re-alignment of State Highway 2 (Hume Highway) along it. When the remaining section of [[Hume Highway#Timeline of duplication and bypass works|South Western Freeway]] from Narellan Road in Macarthur to Yanderra opened in late 1980, the now-bypassed section of Hume Highway was renamed '''Camden Valley Way''' on 1 October 1982.<ref name="nswgovgaz82">{{cite news |title=Municipality of Camden, Local Government Act, 1919 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231342128 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=133 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=1 October 1982 |pages=4642 |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605035420/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231342128 |url-status=live }}</ref> Main Road 620 was declared along Camden Valley Way between Narellan and Prestons (and continuing south along Camden Bypass and through [[Picton, New South Wales|Picton]] and [[Bargo, New South Wales|Bargo]] to [[Yanderra, New South Wales|Yanderra]]), when State Highway 2 was re-aligned again along South Western Freeway, on 24 October 1984.<ref name="nswgovgaz84">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231373552 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=154 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=2 November 1984 |pages=4108 |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207090500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231373552 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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, Camden Valley Way retains its declaration as part of Main Roads 178 (Narellan to Camden) and 620 (Casula to Narellan).<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>
As part of Hume Highway, the route was allocated National Route 31 in 1954 for its entire length. When the Camden Bypass opened, this was diverted along it, leaving the section between Narellan and Camden unallocated. The [[Whitlam government]] introduced the federal ''National Roads Act 1974'',<ref name=NRA1974>{{cite Legislation AU|Cth|num_act|nra1974151|National Roads Act 1974}}</ref> where roads declared as a National Highway were still the responsibility of the states for road construction and maintenance, but were fully compensated by the Federal government for money spent on approved projects.<ref name=NRA1974 />{{rp|S7}} As an important interstate link between the capitals of New South Wales and Victoria, the Hume Highway was declared a National Highway in 1974, and the section between Casula and Narellan was re-designated National Highway 31. When the remaining section of South Western Freeway between Macarthur and Yanderra was open in late 1980, National Highway 31 was re-allocated along it; the former alignment between Prestons and Camden was allocated State Route 89. Camden Valley Way was allocated part of Metroad 5 between the interchange with South Western Freeway and Hume Highway in 1992, then replaced by Metroad 7 when [[M5 Motorway (Sydney)#South-West Motorway|Casula bypass]] was opened in 1994. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 7 was replaced by route A28, while State Route 89 was abolished.<ref name="alphanumeric">{{cite web |url=https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/roads/using-roads/alpha-numeric/sydney-factsheet.pdf |title=Road number and name changes in Sydney |website=Roads and Maritime Services |publisher=Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime |date=2013 |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401053404/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/roads/using-roads/alpha-numeric/sydney-factsheet.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{NSWint |LGA=[[City of Liverpool (New South Wales)|Liverpool]]–[[City of Campbelltown (New South Wales)|Campbelltown]] boundary |LGAspan=2 |location_special={{NSWcity|Casula}}–{{NSWcity|Glenfield}} boundary |lspan=2 |type=trans |km=0.0 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A28}} [[Hume Highway]] (A28){{NSWcity|p=on|Liverpool}} |notes=Crossroads intersection<br />Northeastern terminus of road }} {{NSWint |type= |km=none |road=Campbelltown Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Campbelltown}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA=[[City of Liverpool (New South Wales)|Liverpool]] |LGAspan=4 |location_special={{NSWcity|Casula}}–{{NSWcity|Prestons}}–{{NSWcity|Edmondson Park}} tripoint |lspan=3 |type=incomplete |km=1.0 |uspan=3 |road={{AUshield|NSW|M31}} [[Hume Highway|Hume Motorway]] (M31){{NSWcity|p=on|Kingsgrove|Mittagong|Goulburn}} |notes= No southbound entrance to Hume Motorway, southbound entrance to be via Campbelltown Road }} {{NSWint |type=toll |km=none |road={{AUshield|NSW|M7}} [[Westlink M7]] (M7 north){{NSWcity|p=on|Eastern Creek|Rooty Hill|Seven Hills}} |notes=Northbound entrance and southbound exit only }} {{NSWint |type=incomplete |km=none |road={{AUshield|NSW|M5}} [[M5 Motorway (Sydney)|South Western Motorway]] (M5) |notes=No westbound exit from M5, westbound exit to be via Beech Road }} {{NSWint |location_special={{NSWcity|Edmondson Park}}–{{NSWcity|Horningsea Park}}–{{NSWcity|Leppington}} tripoint |km=4.6 |road=Bringelly Road (west){{NSWcity|p=on|Bringelly}}<br />Cowpasture Road (north){{NSWcity|p=on|Hoxton Park|Abbotsbury}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA=[[Camden Council (New South Wales)|Camden]] |LGAspan=3 |location_special={{NSWcity|Harrington Park}}–{{NSWcity|Narellan}} boundary |km=18.2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A9}} [[A9 (Sydney)|The Northern Road]] (A9 north){{NSWcity|p=on|Luddenham|Kingsgrove|Windsor}}<br />{{AUshield|NSW|A9}} [[A9 (Sydney)|Narellan Road]] (A9 south){{NSWcity|p=on|Campbelltown}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |location=Camden |lspan=2 |km=23.1 |uspan=2 |road=[[Old Hume Highway|Murray Street]]{{NSWcity|p=on|Camden South}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |type=trans |km=none |road=Cawdor Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Cawdor|Razorback}} |notes=Southwestern terminus of road }} {{jctbtm|conv=off|keys=incomplete,toll,trans}}
==See also== {{portal-inline|Australian Roads}} * [[Highways in Australia]] * [[List of highways in New South Wales]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Road infrastructure in Regional New South Wales}}
[[Category:Highways in Sydney]]