M2 cycleway

The M2 cycleway is a predominantly on road 22-kilometre-long (14 mi)[1] cycleway generally aligned with the M2 motorway in the Hills District of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The north-western terminus of the cycleway is in Glenwood and the eastern terminus is in North Ryde. As the M2 does not have a separate cycle lane or path, the cycleway comprises the breakdown lane of the roadway.[2]

M2 cycleway
Length22 kilometres (14 mi)[1]
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Trailheads
UseCycling (on road)
Elevation
Elevation gain/loss 229 metres (751 ft);
 228 metres (748 ft)
Highest point133 metres (436 ft) AHD 
Lowest point41 metres (135 ft) AHD 
Cycling details
Trail difficultyModerate
SeasonAll seasons
SurfacePredominantly on-road

Route
M2 cycleway
 km
0 Glenwood (33°45′05″S 150°57′04″E)
 6 Baulkham Hills
→ Windsor Road
 8 Cumberland Highway / Pennant Hills Road
 14 Epping
 18 Macquarie University
 20 Macquarie Park → A3
 22 North Ryde
Gore Hill and Epping Road cycleways

Cycling access was removed in 2010 during construction work to upgrade the M2. During that time, cyclists were required to use an alternate route on suburban streets that was 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) longer, steeper and slower.[3] The design of the alternative route was criticised due to safety concerns.[4] In August 2013 access was restored westbound from Delhi Road to Windsor Road. Citybound access was restored only for the section from Windsor Road to Pennant Hills Road due to work to stabilise the embankment near the eastbound lanes at Marsfield.[5] There is an alternate route citybound[6]

As a result of the construction of the NorthConnex cycleway access to the M2 both east and westbound between Pennant Hills Road and Windsor Road was removed with effect from February 2012 adding a further 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) via a detour route; with work expected to be completed by 2020.[7][8]

The M2 cycleway connects to the M7 cycleway at Seven Hills at its north-western terminus and to the Gore Hill and Epping Road cycleways at North Ryde at its eastern terminus.

See also

References
  1. "Northwest Transitway, Glenwood NSW 2768 to 16 Epping Road, North Ryde NSW 2113". Google Maps. 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. "Cycleway Finder". Roads & Maritime Services (Version 3 ed.). Government of New South Wales. 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. "M2 Upgrade Cyclist route during construction" (PDF). Transurban. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  4. "Official Response to M2 Upgrade Alternative Cycle Route". Pushon. Bicycle NSW. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. NSW Transport Road Projects
  6. "M2 citybound alternate route" (PDF). Transurban. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  7. "Bicycle diversion". NorthConnex (Press release). Lendlease Bouygues Joint Venture. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. "Detour you way to fitness on the Hills M2" (Press release). Bycycle Network. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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