A8 (Sydney)

The A8 is one of Sydney, Australia's metropolitan arterial routes, superseding Metroad 10. The A8 route runs for 23 kilometres from North Sydney to Mona Vale. The route includes parts of several different roads. The A8 designation replaced Metroad 10 during May 2013, much as the Metroad 10 route designation previously replaced the former State Route 14 designation in December 1998.[2]

A8

New South Wales
Driving southbound on the A8 over the Spit Bridge
General information
TypeRoad
Length23 km (14 mi)
HistorySuperseded Metroad 10 in 2013
Route number(s)
  • A8
  • (Entire length)
Former
route number
  • State Route 14 (1974[1]-1998)
  • Entire Route
  • Metroad 10 (1998-2013)
  • Entire Route
Major junctions
NE end
 
SW end
Location(s)
RegionSydney
LGA(s)
Major suburbsMona Vale, Narrabeen, Collaroy, Dee Why, Brookvale, Balgowlah, Seaforth, Mosman, Cremorne, Neutral Bay
Highway system

The A8 is the main transport link through the Northern Beaches district of Sydney. It forms one of only three road connections between the Northern Beaches area and the rest of Sydney. The A8's crossing of Middle Harbour on the Spit Bridge has become infamous as one of the most congested road links in the city, made worse by the regular opening of the bridge to allow boats to pass by.

The A8 will eventually connect with the M8 in the Inner West via the Western Harbour Tunnel & Beaches Link, M4–M5 Link, and Rozelle Interchange.[3]

Route

The A8 starts at the Warringah Freeway (M1) at North Sydney. The A8 route ends at the intersection of Pittwater Road and with Mona Vale Road (A3), at Mona Vale.

The A8 follows these roads from Mona Vale (North) to the North Sydney (South):

The majority of the A8 has three lanes in each direction. There are a few sections with only two lanes in each direction. None of the A8 route is a proper freeway, and it has intersections controlled by traffic lights every few blocks. The Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation opened in 1985 to bypass the congested Balgowlah shopping strip, offers 3 kilometres of almost freeway-grade motoring.

History

Most of the components of the A8 are old roads. The section of Military Road through Cremorne and Mosman was first built in the 1820s. The earliest bridge at The Spit, linking Mosman to Manly, opened in 1923, and was then rebuilt in the late 1950s with new, wider, approach roads on the southern (Spit Road) and northern sides (Manly Road) of the bridge. The newest section of road is the Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation, a completely new road built the early 1980s to bypass the congested Balgowlah shopping strip on Sydney Road. The route from North Sydney to Mona Vale was designated as ‘State Route 14’ in 1974, but continued along Barrenjoey Road to Palm Beach unlike the A8. Barrenjoey Road had signplates removed and most of Pittwater Road was re-designated as Metroad 10 in 1998, five years after the first Metroad routes were introduced.

Traffic headed south-east on the Warringah Freeway originally had no ability to exit the freeway and enter Falcon Street, so the original Metroad 10 route had a connection further west via the Pacific Highway to Artarmon. When north-facing, tolled, off-ramps were constructed which directly connected the Warringah freeway to Falcon Street from 2007, Metroad 10 route was truncated at that point. The A8 now reflects the final route of Metroad 10.

Major intersections

Major roads and routes intersected along the A8 ( from south to north ) include:

  • The commencement of the A8 at the intersection of Falcon Street (A8) with the Warringah Freeway (M1) at North Sydney.
  • The junction of Spit Road and Military Road, at Mosman
  • The junction with Sydney Road and, indirectly, to the Wakehurst Parkway, at Seaforth
  • The junction with Condamine Street, at Balgowlah
  • The junction with Pittwater Road, at Brookvale
  • The junction with Warringah Road (A38), at Brookvale
  • The junction with the Wakehurst Parkway, at North Narrabeen
  • The junction with Mona Vale Road (A3) at Mona Vale, where the A8 ends

Military Road E-Ramp

A toll is charged when entering or exiting Warringah Freeway (north) to and from the A8.[4]

This table is an excerpt from Toll roads in Australia[edit]
Toll prices as of 1 January 2021[5]
Toll roadToll typeClass A flagfall[lower-alpha 1]Class A charge per km[lower-alpha 1]Class A maximum toll or cap[lower-alpha 1]Class B toll prices[lower-alpha 1]Toll increase[7]Toll concessionaireExpiry of toll concession[8]
Military Road E-Ramp (to / from Warringah Freeway) Fixed – – $1.71 $5.70 Quarterly on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, and 1 October, by the greater of quarterly CPI or 1% Transurban June 2048
  1. Class A vehicles are typically cars and motorcycles; Class B vehicles are all other vehicles including trucks and heavy vehicles[6]

See also

 Australian Roads portal

References
  1. Former State Route 14, Ozroads, Retrieved 28 May 2013
  2. "NSW Metroad 10". Ozroads. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. "New driver animations - As work ramps up on New M5 Tunnels". 3 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. "Military Road E-Ramps". Linkt. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. "Toll charges – costs by toll road". Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. "What is my vehicle class?". Linkt. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. "When and how do toll prices increase". Linkt. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. "Road tolling in New South Wales" (PDF). New South Wales Parliament. Portfolio Committee No.2 – Health and Community Services. October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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